BASIC RULES OF THE STOCK MARKET EVERY TRADER SHOULD KNOW
Here are 4 basic rules of stock market trading
The stock market is where most new students at Online Trading Academy are most comfortable when they arrive. They have traded stocks previously, either as individual shares or as components of a mutual fund purchased by their 401(k). They understand the concept of owning a piece of a company, and betting on how well that company is going to do in the near term. These stock market basics are very comfortable to them.

However, your familiarity with companies listed on the stock exchanges can actually be a disadvantage. It’s tempting and can even feel patriotic to buy a company’s stock because you like its products or its management, or because their headquarters are in your hometown. Stock market basics tell us that we should look for a strong company, with good management, in a growth industry—these are called “fundamentals”. The problem with the fundamental approach is that by the time a company flashes positive signals for all these qualities, its price has already increased to reflect a positive view from the market. Its further upside potential may be limited making it actually risky rather than a “blue chip” stock to invest in.

The 4 Basic Rules of the Stock Market
 - Stock Market Basics Rule #1: Focus on Price
Educated traders follow a very different set of criteria. These traders focus on a single consideration: price. It may be a poorly run company but, if conditions call for a brief improvement in its price, it’s a good buy for the trader who knows when to get in and when to jump out for a quick profit. Conversely, a great company will sometimes climb out of its comfort zone to a price where suddenly there are more willing sellers than buyers. Price is about to plummet, and it’s the short seller who will reap the benefits.

 - Stock Market Basics Rule #2: Stay Liquid
If you’re interested in this much more pragmatic view of stock market basics, here are some guidelines to know about. First, the stock has to be actively traded — at least 100,000 shares in daily volume. Below that level you run the risk of being stuck in a position simply because there are no traders on the other side. Second, you should stick to tickers with a price below $50 simply because the liquidity requirements above that level become distracting for most traders.

 - Stock Market Basics Rule #3: Practice Before You Jump In
Finally and most important, rather than investing in the broad market you should consider following a few tickers and getting to know their trading range very well. This is a stock market basics approach focusing on price, remember. Once you know where it “should” trade then you’ll be well positioned to identify a departure from the norm and act quickly for a positive result. This is the opposite of “buy and hold” because you may load up on a stock in the morning, dump it in the afternoon or a day or two later, then buy it again when conditions change. It’s an agnostic approach to the markets in which the most important consideration is your own desire to be successful.

 - Stock Market Basics Rule #4: Don't Try to Out-Think The Markets
Here’s a scenario you’ve probably witnessed: a company in a sector has a bad quarter, or maybe a product recall, and all stocks in that sector decline even though the other companies have done nothing wrong. It’s illogical but that’s how the market works. Similarly, mediocre companies will go up in price when the market is hot because “a rising tide lifts all boats”.

When you’re focused solely on price — the basis of the patented trading strategy taught at Online Trading Academy — you don’t need the markets to be logical. You simply want to identify the zones where supply and demand are likely to be out of balance, then buy or sell when price enters these zones. Experience tells us there are large quantities of unfilled buy or sell orders at these price levels and, once the orders are filled, price will change direction regardless of what else is happening in the economy or the market.

***WHAT ARE AIRDROPS AND BOUNTIES?

If you are new to the crypto world, you will find out that there are many terms you may not be familiar with almost immediately. It may take quite some time before getting a hang of all the technical terms that has to do with cryptocurrency. Two of those terms are “airdrops” and “bounties”. Although both terms are used in relation to cryptocurrency and possess some similarities, still they mean two different things that should not be mixed with each other. In this article, we will take a quick look at what they both mean, one after the other. We will also see how you can be a recipient of both.

***WHAT ARE AIRDROPS IN CRYPTO?

what are airdrops crypto
airdrops
Someone once said: “When I think of airdrop, I think about a military plane dropping supplies to troops”. As funny as that sounds, it simply depicts the whole idea of an airdrop. What are airdrops? Basically, an airdrop as used in the crypto sphere is when a blockchain project or a team of coin developers distribute free coins (tokens) to that project’s community.
An Airdrop can occur when someone wants to promote his new cryptocurrency, thus planning a controlled and periodic release of some coins to people that meet a specific set of requirements- e.g. user ranking and activity. This is opposed to an ICO where you actually have to buy those coins as part of your support for the cryptocurrency plan. But with airdrops, you simply do not get assigned to do any major task(s); you just have to meet certain requirements.
Of course, in any business venture, the idea should be to always make a profit. So what do developers get in return for giving out their newly developed coins for free? The main goal of such a program is to promote the new cryptocurrency to members of other cryptocurrency communities.  It creates awareness for the coin in question, it’s ICO or token. It could lead to token price appreciation since people value a token they own higher than a token they don’t own.
The airdrop can be likened to a signature campaign in which the members of the community carries the signature over a period of time, during which many other communities may learn about the new coin and may be attracted to it. So as a reward for their effortless announcements, they get a free coin in return. Airdrops generally seem to be met with more support and less skepticism than ICO’s.
So if you are a member of a particular crypto community, how can you be a recipient of an airdrop? All you have to do is be an active member of the community then you will get the reward.
Some airdrop only requires you to supply proof that you are the owner of Bitcoins or Ethereums at a certain time (snapshot) of the blockchain. Other smaller airdrop will require just social media posts, or participation in a crypto forum like Bitcointalk or Reddit.
Another possible way to get rewarded under this scheme is a faucet. This means you get a small amount of free coins for a longer period of time. Some wallets, crypto casinos or crypto promotion sites run this type of airdrop.
Some critics have argued that the coins given out as airdrops are actually worthless. But consider this: Byteball is distributing airdrops to Bitcoin holders every month. The price of Byteball surged to over $900 per Byteball in middle of July 2017. OmiseGo gave away free OMG tokens to Ethereum Holders, the price of OMG tokens surged to $ 12 in September 2017.
So if you are a recipient of an airdrop, you can either hold the coins with the hope that its price will surge in the near future, or you can simply sell them to collect more Bitcoin and Ethereum.

***WHAT ARE BOUNTIES?

According to a local dictionary, a bounty is a “monetary reward offered to someone or an agency for finding a criminal or a wanted person”; it could also mean the “monetary reward for killing a person or a predator.” From that simple definition, we see that the whole idea is that someone gets a “reward” for performing some task(s).
What are bounties?  Bounties are simply jobs, tasks, or projects that have usually been created by coin developers. If you complete the job, then you will receive a reward in coin form.
But you may be thinking that what sort of tasks will really be assigned, tasks that if completed will mean that you get some cryptocurrency in return? Will you be required to come up with some form of computer programming language? If it requires a computer programming skill, can an average person benefit from any offered bounties?
The good news is that the tasks are really never too complicated. They do not require any programming skills, in fact they are tasks that this cryptocurrency developers do not have time to do. These tasks basically revolve around getting the word about the cryptocurrency out, creating more awareness for it, and thus encouraging other members to get on board.
Some tasks that could be assigned may include promoting the coin on crypto forums or on social media. Examples of these crypto forums are Reddit and Bitcointalk. Some have also tried spreading the word on Quora.
Facebook and Twitter have emerged as the two most popular social media platforms in recent years. So, if you ever want to get a crypto bounty reward, you now know where to promote the coins. You may also want to try Instagram, as just displaying the coin logo and adding a short caption will do the job.
Other bounty tasks may also involve the actual design of the coin logo. Still, this task does not require any exceptional computer programming skill. It is something any average person that knows the basics of computer software can do.
As usual, the developers are willing to give the reward as long as it means that the simple tasks they created are executed.

***Airdrops and Bounties are really closely linked in that both involve getting a coin reward. But to earn that coin via airdrop, you do not get assigned any task(S). You only have to meet some effortless requirements. But with bounties, you must execute an assigned task before getting the crypto reward.

BITCOIN TRADING SITES, PLATFORMS & EXCHANGES
This page will show you different Bitcoin trading platforms you can use.

The availability of each exchange will differ based on your citizenship.

We have listed the exchanges below from highest to lowest daily volume based on 2017 data (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/#markets).

 - Bitfinex (https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/trading/bitfinex/)
Despite a hack in which users lost 33% of their funds on the exchange, Bitfinex remains a popular option.

Its liquidity is only topped by Poloniex, which makes Bitfinex the largest Bitcoin exchange in terms of USD trading volume.

 - Poloniex (https://poloniex.com/)
Here’s what’s funny:

Poloniex has the largest Bitcoin trading volume, but its markets are not even denominated in USD or any other major currency.

Its DASH and Ether markets make up about 20% of Bitcoin’s daily trading volume.

 - GDAX (https://www.coinbase.com/home)
GDAX holds about a 4% share of total BTC trading volume. 80% of its share comes from its BTC/USD exchange, with the rest coming via its ETH/BTC exchange.

 - Gemini (https://gemini.com/)
Gemini accounts for just about 1% of total Bitcoin trading volume. It’s still rather new, so with time it may gain market share.

It has some very unique features, like instant-Bitcoin and instant-wire deposits.

 - Kraken (https://www.kraken.com/)
Between its EUR/BTC and USD/BTC markets, Kraken has about a 7% share of the total Bitcoin trading market.

About 50% of Kraken’s market share comes from its EUR/BTC exchange, 30% from its Ether/BTC exchange, and the last 20% from its USD/BTC exchange.

 - Bitstamp (https://www.bitstamp.net/)
Bitstamp’s BTC/USD exchange accounts for about 2.5% of global Bitcoin trading volume.

Its BTC/EUR exchange tacks on anohter 0.5% of global volume, giving Bitstamp a ~3% share of global Bitcoin trading volume.

***TRADING TIPS
Hang around traders online or in-person and you’ll soon discover countless, sometimes contradictory, rules of thumb:

Buy low and sell high advocates buying when prices are low and selling when prices are high. Obvious enough, although difficulty arises due to the utter subjectivity of the terms “low” and “high.” Whether the current price represents value can only be assessed within the context of historical levels and expected future performance. This maxim may also be expressed as buy fear, sell greed.

Sell high and buy low, the reverse of the above, is applicable when going short.

For every buyer, there’s a seller expresses the simple truth that there are two sides to every trade. Generally speaking, trades occur because sellers consider the price high and buyers consider it low. Sustained price moves result from either buyers or sellers being more aggressive in crossing the spread. In other words, whichever side is collectively more willing to pay the difference between bid and ask prices in order to initiate a trade, will move price in their desired direction. This can also be expressed as a market being bullish or bearish.

***GET STARTED TRADING CRYPTOCURRENCY
Now that you know how market trading works, you’ve decided on the type of trader you want to be, you know what you should look out for and you have studied the theory, you’re ready to start trading cryptocurrency. Let’s take a look at everything you’ll need to get started.

 - Step 1. Find a broker

A broker that provides an online platform for trading cryptocurrencies is a necessity. While many traders use cryptocurrency exchanges to market trade cryptocurrencies, these exchanges were not built with trading in mind and usually involve high fees.

 - Step 2. Learn the platform

Cryptocurrency brokers usually offer their own trading platform, and each broker’s system will be slightly different from one another. You will need to put in the time to learn how the platform works, where each feature is and how to utilize it.

When you first access a broker’s trading platform, you might feel overwhelmed. This is normal. Spend some time with it and continue doing your research. You will get comfortable with it in no time.

 - Step 3. Is it the right time?

The old adage of “buy low, sell high” holds for cryptocurrencies just as it holds for any other sort of investment or trading. Don’t buy cryptocurrencies when the price is at an all-time high, and don’t sell them when they’re at an all-time low. Cryptocurrency markets move up and down, and large movements up are often followed by sudden dips.
 - Step 4. Get in there

The best way to learn how to trade is to actually trade. There is no secret. Once you’ve learned all the theory, you’ll need to get your feet wet. Buy some cryptocurrency, set your limits and get started.

*** WHAT AFFECTS THE PRICE OF A CRYPTOCURRENCY?
Cryptocurrencies are volatile by nature. They are not as stable as currencies that have had centuries to develop. Bitcoin is the oldest coin on the market, and it has only been around since 2009. Nevertheless, there are a number of things that can affect cryptocurrencies:

Regulation. If a government makes a statement or pushes for a particular regulation that affects cryptocurrencies, you can bet that the price will react to it (sometimes positively, often negatively). When China banned ICOs, the price of Ethereum fell by 41% in 15 days (from$386.83/ETH to $228.06).
Media influence. Just like government regulation, exposure in the media greatly affects a cryptocurrency’s price. Whenever a public figure makes a statement regarding cryptocurrencies or a major retailer starts accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment, you will see the market respond.
Changes to the technology. When a cryptocurrency’s core technology is affected (either via an update or the finding of a flaw), the cryptocurrency’s price is also affected.

***IN CONCLUSION
Trading cryptocurrencies works almost exactly the same as trading fiat currencies, and it will benefit you greatly to learn the theory behind trading currencies. While profits are never guaranteed when trading, you can take steps to protect yourself from heavy losses and to improve your understanding of how markets move.

Cryptocurrency trading can be profitable, but only if you play your cards right. Unfortunately, cramming everything you’ll need to know about trading into this beginner’s guide is impossible, but hopefully you now know enough to get you started on this exciting adventure.

Good luck!

 - BITCOIN TRADING GUIDE
To the uninitiated, Bitcoin trading probably sounds like this:

A dream job, reserved for the fortunate few who trade Bitcoin from home, set their own hours and perform nothing more strenuous than clicking a mouse or watching a screen.

The harsh reality?

The overwhelming majority of new traders lose money and quit within a year. All those washouts likely thought themselves future members of that exceptional minority of traders who achieve consistent profitability.

 - WHY IS TRADING SUCH A DIFFICULT ENDEAVOUR?
Firstly:

Due to the intrinsic unpredictability of markets.

The human mind, which excels at pattern recognition, struggles with random outcomes.

Secondly:

Trading is emotionally-taxing, involving long hours of boredom interspersed with periods of intense stress.

Finally, as traders risk their own capital in an endless zero-sum game, trading is an occupation which bears close resemblance to professional gambling.

Even successful traders frequently succumb to burn-out due to the pressures involved.

Except in the marketing of trading courses, products or services, trading Bitcoin is no glamorous road to easy riches. Rather it is an activity demanding great patience, control and discipline. New traders are likely to lose money as they develop their skills and achieving consistent profitability is never guaranteed, even for the most experienced Bitcoin trader.

 - TRADING BITCOIN VS. BITCOIN INVESTING
This article discusses the active trading of Bitcoin as an (additional) occupation or supplementary income source. Trading Bitcoin is similar but distinct from investing in Bitcoin.

An investment in Bitcoin is a long-term undertaking, often with multiple goals such as portfolio diversification, fiat risk hedging, business or ideological objectives, etc. Bitcoin investors are generally insensitive to price volatility and unlikely to exit their positions, barring some dire eventuality.

By contrast, most Bitcoin traders maintain only short-term positions, staying in a trade for a maximum of a few months – but often for no more than a few hours. Bitcoin traders are also extremely price-sensitive, striving for perfect entry and exit prices and abandoning their positions immediately if they prove unprofitable.


BITCOIN TRADING ADVANTAGES
For trading purposes, Bitcoin is superior to other instruments, such as stocks, commodities or Forex, for at least 3 reasons:

1) Bitcoin’s exceptional volatility allows for high percentage profits without leveraging.
Large price moves, the average trader’s bread and butter, are far more common in Bitcoin than almost any other instrument. Therefore, Bitcoin traders may eschew the increased risk and expense of leverage strategies designed to extract high profits from small moves.

2) Bitcoin trades non-stop; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
By contrast, stocks and commodities only trade during business hours and Forex markets shut over the weekend. Trade in Bitcoin remains active around the clock as volume is distributed primarily across American, European and Asian sessions.

3) Bitcoin is probably the cheapest, quickest and most convenient instrument to trade.
Bitcoin exchange fees are minimal compared to traditional exchanges and Bitcoin deposits or withdrawals are accomplished within hours from anywhere in the world. Less stringent requirements for personal information are the norm for Bitcoin exchanges, particularly if deposits and withdrawals are handled exclusively in Bitcoin.

WAYS TO TRADE BITCOIN
Short-term traders rely on real-time data feeds and liquid markets to enable rapid entry to and exit from trades. Sophisticated, high-volume exchanges are preferred, if not required. To be considered a suitable trading venue, an exchange must allow traders to profit from downward price moves by offering the capacity to short sell.

The necessity of holding funds in cryptocurrency and fiat form dictates that “trader exchanges” be centralised services, although this may change with the advent of next-generation decentralised exchanges. Whenever funds are held by a third party, there is custodial risk) – so choose your exchange wisely.

Prefer those exchanges which offer proof of reserves for client Bitcoins, regular external audits for client fiat funds and have a long history of secure, ethical operation. For convenient trading, select an exchange which also offers decent volume and a real-time, responsive trading interface.

***Frequently recommended to Western traders are Bitcoin exchanges such as:
     - BitFinex (https://www.bitfinex.com/?refcode=dMWMPGr8qh)
     - Bitstamp (https://www.bitstamp.net/)
     - BitMex (https://www.bitmex.com/)
     - Kraken (https://www.kraken.com/)

For non-residents comfortable with China’s rather opaque regulatory environment, the low fees and deep volume of Chinese Bitcoin exchanges, such as:
     - Houbi (https://www.huobi.com/)
     - BTCC (https://www.btcc.com/)
     - OKCoin (https://www.okcoin.com/)

…are undeniably attractive.

-TRADING TIPS
Hang around traders online or in-person and you’ll soon discover countless, sometimes contradictory, rules of thumb:

Buy low and sell high advocates buying when prices are low and selling when prices are high. Obvious enough, although difficulty arises due to the utter subjectivity of the terms “low” and “high.” Whether the current price represents value can only be assessed within the context of historical levels and expected future performance. This maxim may also be expressed as buy fear, sell greed.

Sell high and buy low, the reverse of the above, is applicable when going short.

For every buyer, there’s a seller expresses the simple truth that there are two sides to every trade. Generally speaking, trades occur because sellers consider the price high and buyers consider it low. Sustained price moves result from either buyers or sellers being more aggressive in crossing the spread. In other words, whichever side is collectively more willing to pay the difference between bid and ask prices in order to initiate a trade, will move price in their desired direction. This can also be expressed as a market being bullish or bearish.

 - COMMON TRADING MISTAKES
You now know the basics of Bitcoin trading. However, there’s still a lot more to it. Since we can’t possibly go over everything in one lesson, I want to direct you to additional resources that will take you to the next level of trading.
Take a look at the resource section at the end of this video. Then you can find out about advanced Bitcoin trading lessons, the top Bitcoin trading tools, and the best Bitcoin exchanges for starting your trade.
But before we end this video, let’s go over the most common mistakes that people make when they start trading—in the hopes that you’ll be able to avoid them.
  + Mistake #1 – Risking more than you can afford to lose
      The biggest mistake you can make is to risk more money than you can afford to lose. Take a look at the amount you feel comfortable with. Here’s the worst-case scenario: You’ll end up losing it all. If you find yourself trading above that amount, stop. You’re doing it wrong.
      Trading is a very risky business, and if you invest more money than you’re comfortable with, it will affect how you trade, and it may cause you to make bad decisions. Mostly, you may end up losing a portion of your money that you can’t do without.
   + Mistake #2 – Not having a plan
Another mistake that people make when starting out with trading is not having an action plan that’s clear enough. In other words, they don’t know why they’re entering a specific trade, and more importantly, when they should exit that trade. So clear profit goals and stop-losses should be decided before starting the trade.
   + Mistake #3- Leaving money on an exchange
Moving on, NEVER leave money on an exchange that you’re not currently trading with. If your money is sitting on the exchange, it means that you don’t have any control over it. If the exchange gets hacked, goes offline, or goes out of business, you may end up losing that money. Whenever you have money that isn’t needed in the short term for trading on an exchange, make sure to move it into your own Bitcoin wallet or bank account for safekeeping.
   + Mistake #4 – Giving into fear or greed
      Two basic emotions tend to control the actions of many traders: fear and greed. Fear can appear in the form of prematurely closing your trade, because you read a disturbing news article, heard a rumor from a friend, or got scared by a sudden dip in the price (that will soon be corrected).
      The other major emotion, greed, is actually also based on fear: the fear of missing out. When you hear people telling you about the next big thing, or when market prices rise sharply, you don’t want to miss out on all the action. So you may get into a trade too soon, or even delay closing an open trade.
Remember that in most cases, our emotions rule us. So never say, “This won’t happen to me.” Be aware of your natural tendency towards fear and greed, and make sure to stick to the plan that was laid before you started the trade.
   + Mistake #5 – Not learning the lesson
Regardless of whether or not you made a successful trade, there’s always a lesson to be learned. No one manages to only make profitable trades, and no one gets to the point of making money without losing some money on the way.
The important thing isn’t necessarily whether or not you made money. Rather,  it’s whether or not you managed to gain some new insight into how to trade better next time.

If you have any questipns, please let me know.
Happy Trading!!!

Thank you for your information!!!

I think Risk-Taking Leads To Success
7 Reasons Why I said that.

1. Great, otherwise unforeseen opportunities often come from risk-taking.

We tend to view risk-taking negatively, often regarding it as dangerous and even unwise. But while some risks certainly don’t pay off, it’s important to remember that some do. Reframing risk as an opportunity to succeed rather than a path to failure is something Sandra Peterson, CEO of the $10 billion business Bayer CropScience, knows well. She told Forbes in 2011:

Most women I know who have been successful in business, it’s because they’ve been willing to take on the risky challenge that other people would say, “Oh, I’m not sure I want to do that.” If you look at my career, I’ve taken on a lot of risky roles. They were risky to some people but to me it was, “Wow, this is this great opportunity and it’s allowing me to learn new things and take on a bigger role and a bigger organization.” But some people would view that as, “Are you crazy? What do you know about diabetes, or what do you know about washing machines or the food industry or automobiles or the agricultural industry?”
2. Taking risks shows confidence and helps you stand out.

Taking a risk is also a great opportunity to stand out and to present yourself as a leader, not a follower satisfied with the status quo. Tamara Abdel-Jaber, who is the CEO of the tech company Palma and was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in Arabian Business Magazine in 2011, told Women 2.0:

The way I see it, many people in ... [the Middle East] don’t have many resources and knowledge. In order to stand out, expend a little extra effort ... I am passionate about knowledge and pursued that from an early age by working hard in school and have continued to do so throughout my life. My knowledge helps me to be confident, and I like taking risks.
3. We learn from risks — and those lessons may lead us on an important, new path.

But beyond the external opportunities and recognition risk-taking can bring, it also provides an opportunity for internal growth. Heather Rabbatts, the first female non-executive director of The Football Association, told the BBC in an interview for the Woman’s Hour Power List:

I think I’ve always felt that there was something quite exciting about taking risks. And there’s a great saying, actually, that you only learn when you are at risk and I’m fascinated by both risk and learning, so that has led me to take jobs that people would think “you can’t do that, that’s just impossible.” No it won’t be.
4. Success won’t fall in your lap — you have to pursue it.

But beyond being personally or professionally beneficial, taking risks may be a necessary step in actively pursuing success. When asked how she became the first female CEO of a television network in a Huffington Post interview, Kay Koplovitz responded:

You really have to put one foot in front of the other and start on your journey. You have to be comfortable that you don’t know exactly how you are going to get to the results that you want to see. There is going to be experimentation along the way. And you have to be comfortable that you can think your way through and actually execute your way through to the desired outcome. I expected to be successful. I wanted to be successful.
5. You don’t achieve your dreams by playing it safe.

Risk-taking won’t only potentially benefit the career-path you’re already on — it may actually open you up to a world of possibilities you have yet to consider. President and CEO of EngenderHealth Pamela Barnes urged female professionals to leave their comfort zone in order to achieve their potential in an interview with The Grindstone:

For all professionals, and especially young women, the world outside our comfort zone can be huge and scary. Until we are willing to put ourselves out there and take a risk, we will never be able to achieve professional success and realize our potential. It’s time to leave our comfort zone; time to go after what we’re passionate about; and time to achieve our dreams.
6. Embracing risk-taking helps you overcome a fear of failure.

Arianna Huffington has long identified the fear of failure as a major roadblock to success. She told Business Insider last year:

We women are a little more risk-averse because whenever you launch something there’s a big chance it’s not going to work. And we have a bigger problem with failure ... [Women deal with] what I call the obnoxious roommate living in our head that constantly puts us down, doesn’t want us to fail because we become identified with our successes and failures.
But failure, Huffington insists, isn’t the end of one’s journey to success, but usually the beginning. She told The Guardian earlier this month that her mother always taught her that, “Failure is not the opposite of success but a stepping stone to success. “

7. Taking a risk doesn’t mean doing so haphazardly.

While risk taking can clearly be personally and professionally beneficial, it doesn’t occur in a vacuum, either. People don’t benefit from risks without preparing to take them and educating themselves on the possible fall-out. JetStream Federal Credit Union CEO Jeanne Kucey is well-aware of this fact.

“While I’m definitely a risk taker, at the same time, I do my homework and understand the importance of implementation and follow through,” she told the Credit Union Times in 2012. “You can’t just throw a bunch of ideas without seeing the whole process of a project and what the end should be or look like.”

As the years have gone by, it is sad to see how the internet has transformed from being a completely decentralised medium, to one that is now governed by the whims and fancies of an elite few. Today corporations like Google, Facebook, basically manipulate the way information is fed to their customers, thereby influencing the way the masses think. This is not only dangerous, but also against the basic tenets of a free society.

In response to this, many crypto products are now offering users with the possibility to change the way information is circulated on the web. Through the use of a decentralized model, many platforms are now making it easier for the sharing of data, in a completely free and unregulated manner.

***ABOUT BYTOM

Bytom has been described on the internet as being an “intermediary link” that brings together generalized blockchains with specialized blockchains. Since there have been no effective blockchain protocols in the past for this purpose, Bytom aims to help change all of this, and deliver a platform that is able to aid in the exchanging diversified digital assets.

In more specific terms, we can see that Bytom is designed to be the ‘public blockchain’, and deal especially in issues related to asset management.

Some of the key issues that Bytom addresses include:

     + What kind of blockchain is needed to carry digital assets?
     + How to establish the mapping relationship between physical and digital assets
     + Resolution of compliance issues.
     + How to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds to promote effective flow of assets on-chain and off-chain.

***WHAT IS BYTOM OFFERING?

The core aim of this platform is to deliver a “bridge” that connects the digital with the physical world. This is done through the production of a decentralized network where various digital and physical assets can be registered and exchanged.

According to the company’s official website, the goal of Bytom is to create the world’s “largest dedicated public blockchain platform, connecting various asset classes to the blockchain, enhancing the liquidity, security, and value of these assets.”

***BYTOM FEATURES

(i) Good Compatibility:

This platform has been designed to work in unison with the UTXO model. As a result of this, Bytom consists of three layers:

data transaction and transmission layer,
contract layer
asset interaction layer.
(ii) Multi Currency Support:

Through the use of a “general address format”, the native wallet that is provided to customers is able to provide support for a wide range of currencies.

Lastly, users have the ability to control their wallet for all assets by saving one master private key.

***BYTOM TOKEN DETAILS

The native Bytom Coin will be used to govern all transactions that happen within the network. The currency has been abbreviated to BTM.

In all, there will be a total of 2.1 billion tokens that will be open for purchase during the distribution phase. In terms of the allocation of this currency, the company has used the following distribution model:

Private Equity Investors 7%
ICO Distribution 30%
Reserved for Bytom Foundation 20%
Business Development 10%
Mining 33%

I hope that some information above will be useful for you. Good luck!!!

There’s a lot of talk about buying crypto these days; and we are in the infancy stage of a new emerging industry which means there’s money to be made.  Sadly most of the stuff you hear is all based on speculation; no one is willing to share with you the tricks and strategies to get going the right way.
Many people say you have to look at the circulating supply and market cap, look at the team behind it, what they said the coin is about, come up with a personal decision does this make any sense, you need to review who is behind the audit on the smart contract, do they have other projects as well, maybe coins/ICOs, is there a specific purpose a so called utility for the token or what not.

I bet if you are new to the world of cryptocoins and bitcoin, the above info just made your head feel like its going to explode. It’s OK TO BE CONFUSED!  I bet you are thinking, yea I can look at all that info, but how do i understand it, interpret it… ultimately HOW DO I PICK WHICH COIN TO BUY?

I don’t recommend crypto for most people, because its way more stressful than affiliate marketing – after all its speculation… but if you do want to buy, there’s a much simpler way I used with great success thus far. I’m no big investor; hell im a newbie who until talking to a nice guy that knows crypto inside out thought this isn’t for me… but after getting the 101 i decided to get involved, for fun with money I don’t mind losing.
If you want a buy a coin, research it by looking at how many nodes are using it. WTF are nodes Attila? Node refers to a “full” client. A “full” client is a client that owns the block chain and that is sharing blocks and transaction across the network.  You want to find a coin where lots of people use it and the market cap is undervalued because then you have a higher chance of it going up if you hold it.

For example, coin is valued at $29 million, but 10,000 nodes (wallets) are being used. That means, 10,000 people use this coin, and total value is at 29 million.

VS – a coin that has a super high market cap (market cap is btw, the current price of the coin multiplied by the total number of coins outstanding — so if there’s 10,000 coins outstanding, and the current price is $1, then the market cap is $10,000) — lets say you have a coin that is market cap at $29 million, but it only has 123 nodes, that means only 123 active wallets use this coin, and they control all of that 29 million. This could mean investor pump n dump maybe? RISK analysis = higher.

Some good resources for due dilligence:

You can check the coin’s node count right here -> https://chainz.cryptoid.info/

You can also check out https://www.cryptocompare.com/ to see what kind of social buzz, and other influence the coin has all over the place like news, websites, blogs, how many people are talking about it, this is like a SPY TOOL if you will on the interwebs pulling in lots of intel.
TIP: You don’t have to dive in deep and spend money right away investing; you can play a game. 

Pick 10 coins today based on the info on how to find a coin I just shared above and write down in an excel the details of the coin, total nodes, price right now, then hold it.

This is a game, where you pretend you purchased these in real life, review your results 24 hours later, what happened and write down your observations.

-Did the coin go up or down?
-If it went up why?
-If it went down, why?

You can really learn a lot by applying this basic method I gave away above to build your own strategy and do super well.

Good luck

Bitcoin has taken the market by storm and the number of people looking to make transactions through this currency is increasing each day. If you are one of those fascinated by this mysterious yet amazing currency and want to discover its advantages and disadvantages, you have come to the perfect place. This article will provide you with all the information about advantages and disadvantages of bitcoins.
So, let’s get started with knowing what are the pros and cons that come with this currency.
Advantages of Bitcoin:

***The list of basic benefits of Bitcoin includes:
With bitcoins, there are no boundaries on transactions. The users can send the currency anywhere in the world at any given time without any hassle.
Bitcoin transactions don’t need rescheduling in the event of bank holidays.
The users are in complete control of their money as there is no central authority to regulate the Bitcoin flow.
Since the users are in complete control of the currency, it allows them to control the transactions as well which helps in keeping the Bitcoin network safe.
There is no way for merchants to charge extra fees without it coming into the notice of users. In case a merchant wants to charge extra fees, he must inform the consumer about those charges.
Bitcoin payments can be finalized without a user having to give away his information. This gives Bitcoin users complete anonymity.
The fact that Bitcoin users are not supposed to reveal their identity is extremely handy as it provides protection against identity theft.
Bitcoins can be encrypted and backed up to ensure the safety of your money.
All Bitcoin transactions are recorded in a public ledger called Blockchain which enables everyone to see those transactions. This makes the transaction process more predictable and transparent.
Personal information of users is always hidden and no one can access it unless a user decides to publicize it.
Bitcoin is cryptographically secure and can never be influenced by a government, bank or a third person.
Bitcoin payments involve very low fees, that too within Bitcoin system.
How much fee is charged on a transaction depends on the urgency level of a user. The faster he wants it to process, the more priority it gets. As a result, the fees become higher.
In countries like China where moving cash to other countries is prohibited, Bitcoin is a great way to transfer money to different parts of the world.
These are some major advantages of Bitcoin. Now let’s move to the next part of the article, which discusses the disadvantages of Bitcoin.
What Are The Disadvantages Of Bitcoin?

*** The list of basic disadvantages of Bitcoin includes:
Bitcoins are finite, which makes them extremely volatile.
A very small portion of the business is willing to accept Bitcoin as a method of payment.
It needs strong networking to spread the word on bitcoin.
Bitcoin is relatively new and most of its features are incomplete.
There is still a long way to go before Bitcoin gets to its full potential.
Conclusion:

***CONCLUSION: These are some advantages and disadvantages of Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has many unique advantages that traditional currencies lack; however, it also has disadvantages. Mainly due to the fact that Bitcoin is relatively new and will take the time to reach to its full potential.

COULD BITCOIN BECOME A GLOBAL CURRENCY?
With recent research suggesting that the number of active Bitcoin users is set to approach five million by 2019, the issue of whether the cryptocurrency has the potential to become a global currency is being hotly debated in both the technology and financial worlds. But what exactly is Bitcoin – and could it eventually take over the world?
In short, Bitcoin is a virtual, digital currency that uses encryption to create and manage the exchange of funds; a cryptocurrency, as it’s known. The bitcoins are produced by people and businesses using specialized software that solves mathematical problems to create unique blocks in a chain to add to the Bitcoin public ledger. This creates blockchains which distinguish the bitcoins and enables them to be unique in order to legitimize transactions as well as confirm ownership.
This may all seem a bit unreal and intangible, but it actually makes perfect sense. The Bitcoin network is built up of miners, who are invested in keeping the currency secure and stable as they are paid in bitcoins and act as approvers of the blockchains through their activity. Like any online and computerized business, it can be subject to hacking and theft, just as your bank can.
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The key to this currency is that it enables quick and cheap online payments without the need for traditional banking channels. One of the biggest barriers that it has to overcome is the general acceptance of Bitcoin being safe and stable as there is no government regulating it, unlike most currencies. Instead, Bitcoin self-regulates and new coins are issued at the pace at which the miners produce the coins. This is a positive, though, as it is designed to be difficult to create coins so that there is a steady stream of coins being produced.

Bitcoins have been successful in becoming more mainstream with companies such as Microsoft, Dell and Tesla adopting the currency. But transactions are not just limited to bigger companies, with much smaller companies also following suit: you can now order flowers, pizza or coffee with bitcoins.
As you can read on bitcoin-based casino Bitcasino, online casinos have also really taken to bitcoins, making popular games like dice quick and easy to play. Seeing bitcoins as a safe and secure currency that enables players to load their wallet electronically with ease has enabled such casinos to distinguish their offering from others. Players are able to play games like blackjack, roulette and slot machines using bitcoins and are often given deposit bonuses.
Rates and price stability are also important factors to consider, and although 2016 saw some stability start to occur, it was then followed by a period of instability – largely attributed to Trump being elected. Like all currencies, Bitcoin is impacted by large events in the world particularly in countries where it has the strongest market: in the case of Trump being elected, this saw a rise in the exchange rates of bitcoins. Increasingly, Bitcoin is being seen as a way of hedging one’s bets against further inflation and economic strife.
As the growth in the adoption of the currency with retailers expands and awareness of the currency increases, so should confidence in Bitcoin. But there a large obstacle stopping the currency from becoming mainstream, which is being included in the exchanges. In March 2017, the first proposal for a Bitcoin Exchange Trading Fund was rejected by US regulators, in what could have been a real game changer for Bitcoin but instead saw their currency price fall. With the failure to be accepted by the large institutions, it makes it difficult to see how Bitcoin can grow and become a widely accepted and adopted currency. Further attempts are being made to get Bitcoin listed, which will likely determine its success.

A Strategy for When to Sell Bitcoin
By Barry Ritholtz

Running a money-management firm provides a window into the psyches of all kinds of people: long-term investors, real estate speculators, institutional traders, tech entrepreneurs and everyone in between. During any given week, I speak with all sorts of people who have capital at risk in markets. Most understand what they are investing in and why.

Then there are the folks who own bitcoin. Not on our recommendation, mind you; rather, through their own speculative urges and a bit of good luck. I have had conversations with folks who are now sitting on a huge financial windfall. Yet the sheer speed of bitcoin appreciation and the scale of the windfall have them paralyzed, afraid to make a decision -- any decision -- that might be wrong.

It isn't just that they don’t know what to do; rather they have no idea about how to approach the issue of when to sell.

First, one thing I won't do is discuss the viability of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange, or their utility as a way to move money in (or out) of any closed economy or black market. I have no opinion on crypto valuations. Rather, this is simply a framework for those fortunate folks who want an answer to the issue above.

To do this, let’s consider an instructive war story: During the mid-1990s, a good friend took a senior job at a tech startup that came with a good salary -- and lots of stock. The company got taken over in late 1996 by Yahoo! Inc. The shares in the startup were replaced with Yahoo stock options that had a six-year vesting schedule, with 25 percent vesting after three years and the balance vesting monthly during the next three years.

For those who were trading then, these were heady times. Tech stocks, especially the dot-coms, galloped higher, doubling and tripling over short periods. It seemed that every sale was a cause for regret, as stocks simply kept going up, up, up.

My buddy’s stock options represented a great deal of wealth. Not merely fun money, but life-altering: pay off the mortgage and the car loans, pay for the kids' colleges, fully fund retirement accounts, and still have lots left over. He could take any job he wanted for the rest of his life -- or none at all.

He was torn about what to do, and asked for some help.

My advice was not based on the dot-com bubble or the valuation of Yahoo’s stock or anything market related. Rather, I suggested employing a regret minimization framework. 1

Although any investment has a range of possible outcomes, I wanted to focus on potential outliers at either end of the spectrum. These were:

Scenario One: Hold and the stock tumbles from $300 to $30.

Scenario Two: Sell and the shares soar to $3,000.

How would you feel if either of these occurred? 2

For my friend, it was an easy decision. If he sold some of his shares and the stock went higher, he still owned a healthy slug of options. The probability of the outcome wasn't the issue; what really mattered was the potential future regret if he didn’t sell and the stock collapsed. 3

What did happen was he sold and the stock collapsed. Although he was happy with his decision, not everyone at Yahoo was so fortunate. Stories abounded of paper multimillionaires and even billionaires who saw much of their wealth evaporate in the subsequent collapse.

For those bitcoin holders sitting on a windfall, they too can employ a similar regret minimization decision-making strategy. If you are holding a life-changing pile of paper gains, consider the regrets of selling and bitcoin keeps going up, or not selling and it plunges. Which is the outcome you most want to avoid?


If you are still paralyzed, there's always the middle option: Sell enough -- perhaps half -- to become rich in reality and not just on paper; then let the other half ride. Doing this accomplishes several things: First, it locks in sufficient wealth to eliminate a lot of life’s money-related worries. Second, it still leaves you with upside if this is only early innings and cryptocurrencies keep rising. And, third, it protects you in case of a dotcom-like collapse (I know, that's impossible!). If this sounds a bit conventional, well, it might be, but look at it this way: The goal of life is not always to maximize your returns; sometime, potential gains must be balanced against the possibility of losses. That's why we need to occasionally consider minimizing regrets.

"Ethereum will pass Bitcoin in 2018: my cryptocurrency investment portfolio"
Jason Kowalski

In the last few days, many have asked about my investment strategy and portfolio mix after writing 95Percent’s: Blockchain Technology.
After much deliberation, in this post, I’ve decided to share my holdings with you. Perhaps more importantly, I’ve decided to also share my underlying philosophy. As a reminder, I know nothing. None of this should be construed as investment advice, and you should do your own research before making any investments. I would be financially okay if I lost all of my invested money: you should make sure you could survive a total loss before investing any funds.
But enough of that, how should you approach investing in cryptocurrencies? First, I advocate creating your own investment tenets. Tenets are also a crucial aspect of the product management process. I recommend creating tenets before diving into any business, project or problem.
Why do we write tenets?
Tenets are used to make hard decisions
Each tenet expresses the conflict arising from two (or more) competing philosophies
Each tenet ultimately demonstrates preference for one philosophy over others
Most people have their own philosophies and preferences, but they don’t write them down. Writing them out is crucial because it crystalizes your thinking. Tenets are helpful when times are good and indispensable when things get tough. You should debate your tenets heavily with family, friends, and yourself. Below I share five of my cryptocurrency investment tenets:
Jason’s Cryptocurrency Tenets [January 2018]
1) I will prioritize platform investments (think Ethereum) over application investments (think Dash). Strong infrastructure scales and changes the world. Successful applications are hard to predict and are not stable over time. Platforms better withstand changing customer needs.
2) I will choose cryptocurrencies with user adoption and strong focus on user adoption over cryptocurrencies with the latest tech or prettiest whitepapers.
3) I will take the super-long term view. I will prioritize cryptocurrency that have the potential to be trillion dollar businesses and will stay away from currencies with more barriers to widespread adoption. If a cryptocurrency is unlikely to ever be used en masse, I won’t buy it. I investment in fundamentals not merely public opinion.
4) I will greatly value signals in the market, especially signals from entities with inside information and large investment positions — potentially over even my own analysis.
5) I value cryptocurrencies that demonstrate the ability to change direction, pivot quickly and make decisions over cryptocurrencies that emphasize status quo, tradition, and moving wisely but slowly. I recognize this is partly a function of team structure and leadership.
After painstakingly working through my tenets, I’ve researched many of the cryptocoins available today. Based on my personal investment philosophy and this research, I’ve made several investments over the last month. Here’s my positions as of January 11th 2018:
Jason’s Cryptocurrency Portfolio* as of January 11th 2018:
Ethereum: 50%
Stellar: 20%
Neo: 20%
Request Network: 10%
*I’ve rounded these numbers to make them prettier.

- Ethereum: 50%
As we wrote in Blockchain Technology: “Blockchain technology creates information networks. The fundamental rule of networks is that when a new person joins any network, the network becomes exponentially more valuable. As a corollary, each time another person joins a widely-used network, it becomes exponentially harder for competing networks to offer similar value to people. You use Facebook because all of your friends are on the platform. You are less likely to use a new social network because few of your friends would be on it. As a result, networks tend to produce winner-takes-all markets. Facebook, WeChat and a few other businesses, for example, dominate the social networking space. We expect a similar winner-take-all outcome for blockchain technology. So far, founders have created many hundreds of digital coins. They will create thousands more over the next few years. We expect a handful of these digital coins to successfully walk out onto the global stage, while the vast majority of these coins will ultimately become valueless.”
Amazon is a platform. Facebook is a platform. Platforms dominate the internet. As we’ve seen from Ethereum’s creation of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) platform, platform coins will dominate the blockchain coin as well. We’ll see many cryptocoins repositioning themselves as platform coins, especially starting in the second half of 2018 and into 2019 when many smaller, more niche coins start to flame out. Based on my research, Ethereum is currently best positioned to win the platform war. Pure and simple. I may change my view in the next few months or quarters but for now Ethereum gets the majority of my money.

- Stellar: 20%
Stellar is a platform that wants to make it really easy for companies to ICO (versus using Ethereum). Stellar is ultra-focused on this use case, but that’s okay, because this use case is massive.
Again, per Blockchain Technology, “[blockchain] technology can also make physical-world assets more liquid (easier to sell and buy) by making them more reducible. In other words, the blockchain better facilitates ownership of assets across multiple people… while mega-companies (e.g., Amazon, AirBnB) have successfully built their own digital marketplaces in the past, blockchain provides the available-to-all, trust-building, low-cost financial infrastructure via smart contracts, secure transactions, and an authoritative ledger to [almost anyone]…Unlike crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter, where early backers receive nothing but a product or service, ICOs let entities actually own part of meaningful ideas.”
The tokenization of assets via blockchain is going to change the world. So far, this use case is the only one Ethereum has proved it can solve and I find it possible that Stellar eats some of Ethereum’s pie: I am watching Stellar carefully. Stellar focuses on usability (think: MVP) instead of extensibility (think: useless features). The founder started Mt. GOX and built the initial framework for Ripple. Stellar is backed by Stripe and has support from top advisors in tech.

- Neo: 20%
Over the last decade, China has made it clear that they want to build their own solutions to world problems. I expect this trend to continue into the blockchain world, and expect at least a duopoly platform paradigm (at least one major smart contract platform for the West, and at least one smart contract platform for the East).

- Request Network: 10%
Request Network is a platform specifically focused on the payments space (built on top of Ethereum). While the sized of the tokenization of assets space (e.g. ICO) is almost incalculable, the payments space remains enormous. Request Network is a big team bet. As a product leader, I value team organization a lot. I’ve studied the core developers of many of the top blockchain coins, and find that most projects are being run relatively poorly compared to more traditional software development projects today (partly a function of decentralization of blockchain teams). Many teams don’t have updated visions or project plans and as a result miss deadlines and seem to be prioritizing things no one wants. Request Network strikes me as agile, able to pivot quickly, and ruthlessly focused on user growth and customer experience. (I love the bi-weekly updates.). I also immensely value their time in YCombinator, the top startup incubator in the world.
Like the pre-blockchain startup world, real-life customer feedback is everything. I want a team desperate to get their coin to market. From there, they can interact with real customers and then make technical changes that are likely to lead to meaningful improvements for real customers.
Mainstream cryptocoins I am NOT invested in:

- Bitcoin
In my opinion, a huge milestone for blockchain technology will be to move away from the Bitcoin Hegemony. Right now, the cryptocurrency market as whole is psychologically entwined with Bitcoin. When Bitcoin plummets, the market plummets, although we’ve seen signs of change in the last few weeks. In 2018, I predict that Ethereum (or another platform) will surpass Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency market will finally detangle itself from Bitcoin.
I don’t find pro-Bitcoin arguments particularly strong. Initially, Bitcoin initially saw a lot of success helping entities perform discreet transactions (think: Silk Road). Currently, though, Bitcoin isn’t particularly helpful in the payments space (slow, expensive, and unfocused): the digital currency is unlikely to scale to widespread user adoption for payments. Bitcoin also can’t help with ICOs: it is not a platform. Perhaps most concerning, from a development perspective Bitcoin moves slowly, has divided leadership, and doesn’t practice user-driven development (at least compared to other digital coins). Proponents cite these characteristics as advantages and argue that Bitcoin is a store of value.
We flesh out the digital coin role as a store of value in Blockchain Technology: “Blockchain technology also has potential to provide a new independent store of value. Today, the classic independent store of value, gold, is partly valuable because humans have decided to value it independently of nation states (e.g., Canada) or nation alliances (e.g., the European Union) unlike other mainstream currencies (e.g., the United States dollar is closely tied to the success of the United States of America). Gold is generally inversely correlated with the US dollar: in other words, gold acts as a hedge against the current global financial system. Because gold is difficult to store — heavy, relatively insecure — digital blockchain-currencies represent an attractive alternative. If digital currencies become more stable over time (currently, they are extremely volatile), they may one day augment or supplement assets such as gold.”
The problem is that no one uses Bitcoin as a stable store of value today. Additionally, Bitcoin is relatively uncorrelated with the US dollar, so it doesn’t act as a particularly useful hedge. Ultimately, I think digital coins will be strong store of values, but this is far, far down the road. At that point, I find that other cryptocoins are just as likely or more likely to act as global store of values compared to Bitcoin.
I further argued that the bigger and more immediate store of value opportunity is “helping entities buy into the global financial system in the first place. In developing countries, for example, many entities are eager to shift local, unstable currencies to stable currencies such as the US dollar to better protect their wealth. Like the US dollar today, the blockchain-backed currencies that facilitate world transactions tomorrow will also naturally act as a store of value. Entities will invest in these currencies as they do the US dollar today. As a result, the same blockchain-based currencies that gain mainstream adoption for payments are also likely to gain mainstream adoption as stores of value.” We will be forever indebted to Bitcoin but 2018 will mark Ethereum passing Bitcoin, the marketing falling, and then ultimately rebounding stronger than before. The age of the Blockchain Platform is beginning.

- Privacy-centric cryptocoin
While, private, fully-anonymous transactions are a large blockchain use case, coins emphasizing privacy will struggle to gain mass adoption in the long-term. I expect privacy-centric coins to bear the brunt of initial government scrutiny and regulation. I choose to make my investments on the more public side of the blockchain movement. That said, Monero would be my current pick in the privacy-centric digital coin space.

- Ripple
As we wrote in Blockchain Technology: “in the short-term, partial blockchain solutions [like Ripple] will become common. Already, financial institutions are creating their own private blockchain networks and producing digital coin. Participating institutions act as nodes in the blockchain, and have visibility into all transaction on the shared digital ledger.”
I like Ripple, and particularly the focus on getting customers. Like many others, however, I am concerned about the difference between the highly-valuable Ripple Payment Protocol and XRP as an investment vehicle. I also see in-house blockchain development from large institutions as meaningful competition.

Thanks

Hopefully my perspective is helpful. If I helped you crystallize your own thinking, I’d very much appreciate a small donation to my Ethereum wallet.
Ethereum wallet: 0x81ff5029a05ce15c3b6d6e27c7d89a7c30ecaf32
Or just clap a lot =)
To trade, I buy Ethereum in CoinBase and then move these coins into Binance.
Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/join/5a39ac52c9e83802d5f70a27
Binance: https://www.binance.com/?ref=18572991
Again, this is not investment advice. I re-adjust my portfolio constantly based on new information and could have a completely different set of investments tomorrow. One must be careful not to be affected by sunk cost or fear of missing out biases — and strive to act as objectively as possible. Good luck.

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i know mn from june, 2017. And i was invest on PIE , CXT (coinonat), insane, foot cash, innova, XIOS, Phore and now is Bitcoingreen. There are too many masternode coin, almost of them is scam, no fuction, no community, no reputation leader . Now the only masternode that i staking is bitcoingreen. You can check by yourself:   

discord:  https://discord.gg/83UGhhh

website: https://www.savebitcoin.io

Yes If anyone wants to take over and revive it you can count me in! 

Excellent! Thanks very much.

Yep it's a real shame! 

Put loads of time an effort it to it but unfortunately it was't enough.

If you type %appdata% in your windows search it will show up a folder called 'roaming'. Within that folder will be an Abundance folder.

Stick the .conf file in there!

Thanks.

Hi,

Create a .conf file with the below info and put it in the %appdata% file. This should kick start it into syncing with the network.

server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
maxconnections=1024
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=pass
rpcport=32531
addnode=178.62.13.101
addnode=209.159.153.171
addnode=192.99.37.224
addnode=23.95.101.167

Yep looking like ABC is up for the chop again on C-CEX.

Unfortunately the coin is struggling to keep it's head out of water now that Bittzy78 & JDS1000 are off doing their own things and busy with daily life.

I Myself am struggling to keep up with things because I'm also busy. Trying to keep a coin alive is just too much for one person.

I was hoping Coinspired.org would bring some much needed life back into Abundance but there hasn't been much interest, if any.

If ABC does disappear off C-CEX, don't despair, keep your coins in the wallet and keep staking.

Who knows maybe one day Abundance will rise once again!

No It doesn't look like it is. ABC is currently looking good on C-CEX.

We have never been on Bittrex.