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4941  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][QAU] QUANTUM PROJECT - Connecting markets on: April 26, 2017, 03:12:07 AM
Wow! More than 100 BTC increase in ICO investment in just two days?! Amazing!!! It only shows that many investors now trust this project. This will be a good start. I'm sure that after ICO, there will be a huge price increase if many more investors will invest in the remeining days of this ICO. I'm keeping an eye on this project.

More than 100BTC!!! Its very near to 200BTC mate. The Quantum Project is getting its advertisements nicely from the campaign and Xaurum team.
Bitcointalk community is the best when it comes to launching your project and getting response from people all around the world.
More publication towards the project brings more insight and therefore the project will begin its way to success. Those investments also mean that this project is trustworthy, the investors I'm pretty sure have been analysing the whole thing the project is offered. There's no argue on that.
4942  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Do you see alts have chances against Bitcoins? on: April 25, 2017, 09:46:27 AM
Bitcoin is the strongest and most reliable crypto currency. I think some altcoins do have chances to reach the level bitcoin currently has, but not a lot.There are some that could be a pretty interesting alternative out there. Altcoins will never reach the same popularity of bitcoin.

There are a lot of powerful altcoins, and it can compete with bitcoin, however, bitcoin is the leading currency, so it is always preferred by the people
Its popularity as payment processor also makes bitcoin more dominant compared to any other altcoin. It can't be argued, but, some altcoin also trying to invent a tool which could make the crypto world more interesting, as you can see, now, so many altcoins are popping out offering a new innovation in the various sector, whether it's economy, charity, and more.
Just my honest opinion, instead of competing with each other, these altcoins should make the crypto world more interesting that could attract people's attention.
4943  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A Noobs thoughts on BTC on: April 25, 2017, 09:31:34 AM
Bitcoin will never have a stable price, because bitcoin is not regulated, and you need regulation to keep a stable price, this is basic to understand

Could you explain how regulation will make Bitcoin more stable?

After all, price is still determined by the balance of supply against demand, and as I suspect, Bitcoin is no exception to this rule. So if you basically claim that Bitcoin regulation will somehow make Bitcoin prices more stable, that necessarily means that regulation should affect supply and demand. To make prices stable both sides of this balance should increase multifold, and how exactly Bitcoin regulation is going to do that?

i think he mean that regulation can increase adoption, we have a case in japan where regulation made adoption in japan far higher, this is also proven by the very high volume they have on exchange, the highest among all

so in theory if all country do the same, we can have a better adoption that will lead to more stability, which make sense
I think that the increase of adoption will also increase the demands but just temporary.therefore, bitcoin is still unstable as it usually is, the price of bitcoin purely affected by the ratio between demand and supply and the increase of demands will make the price higher and it doesn't reflect a stability, a stable currency is a currency with pretty static value, it's changing but really slow. Well, just my 2 cents.
4944  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many ways are there to earn bitcoins? on: April 25, 2017, 07:03:05 AM
Well i know a lot of ways to earn bitcoins . First of them is mining . I think is the most profitable way i have ever seen . The risk is almost nonexistent. mining is one of the most expensive ways of earning bitcoin and you need a lot of money to start with that business because the mining rigs or graphics card that you are buying are so expensive and you will mind another problem which is the electricity
You've never tried mining, do you?  It seems mining really have no risk or at least low but actually, you'll be struggling thinking about halving which always occur, maintaining your rigs, pay the expenses due to high usage of electricity, and much more.
Mining is basically profitable if you're living in someplace which has cheap electricity costs and good internet, though, to make a good profit, you'll need to build your own rig by buying ASIC Miners, graphic card, and so on. If you're an individual who's mining with a usual graphic card such as GTX 750 TI, or below, don't expect it could fulfil your daily needs.
4945  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Do you see alts have chances against Bitcoins? on: April 24, 2017, 10:01:16 AM
We will see a clear winner. It won't be for several years though. I'm still putting all my chips on litecoin.
I think litecoin loses prestige with ETH and other new coins. But litecoin still lives and competes. But I'm a bit hesitant with litecoin.


I don't think that those two will have chance against bitcoin. It's clear that bitcoin has a bigger value with it's market cap and ETH and LTC is very far from it so I don't think that it is going to be a good chance for those alt coins because bitcoin will always be on the top. I will remain with bitcoin as the price keeps on climbing.
Bigger value doesn't mean it'll holding on to be number one, it all depends on many factors and what make the value of a coin is high is the demands. So, it's come to conclusion that the main factor which affect the position of altcoin very much is demands, the rest is like the development and project regarding of the coin and so on.
And also, the acceptance of coin in the world might be a tool to determine whether the coin is popular or not, and not just a trading tool.
4946  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What to do with the people who don't like Bitcoin? on: April 23, 2017, 05:58:52 AM
Just ignore and don't mind the people who doesn't like Bitcoin. At first, I tried to convince them about Bitcoin but they really have no interest on it. Explaining it to them will just waste your time. Just focus in your goal why you are using your Bitcoin and it will later reflects in your actions and by that time, for me, they will start to have an interest on it.
Nah, they don't have interest towards bitcoin even if you've explained the whole thing didn't mean they don't like bitcoin. It's just they want to stay in the safe zone instead of trying something new even if it's will really beneficial for them and it's normal.
You may think it's such a waste of time but they'll know bitcoin even a little bit because of you and thus they becoming potential adopters. Though, just keep silent and keeping the information by yourself will be fine for you.
4947  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why doesn't North Korea open up a bitcoin exchange? on: April 23, 2017, 04:10:23 AM
You're requesting something that's basically impossible for them. They barely have any right to freedom and you want them to use Bitcoin? Kim Jong-Un maybe could use it, but the others are just manipulated slaves and have no chance to do so.

Just look up "North Korean internet censorship" on Google and you'll find out the answer.
maybe if he "kim" will notice the advantage of bitcoin he will use it for its own purpose as bitcoin can give him a lots money while he still
in control and with all the censorship no one will notice what is happening from btc.
There's no way he will use bitcoin even if bitcoin have so many advantages, the usage of bitcoin will change the opinion of his citizens towards him and will definitely affect the governance.
As I recall, north Korea trying to compete and always make their own technology even though theirs just seem outdated. They will develop a new system or a new cryptocurrency instead of using bitcoin.
4948  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: I have 0.5 BTC how to make money in Investment. on: April 23, 2017, 03:41:33 AM
Its just easy to make money from that 0.5 bitcoims in investments online.You just need to be fast and invest on investment sites at their early stage because they do pay on their early stage.Also investing in trading will help you make good decent money
Talking about HYIP and your suggestion to invest in early stage, it's definitely useless effort and you'll absolutely lose your money. Those HYIP which often entitle them as online investments only pay in early stage and only small amount of investment they'll repay to the investor. The rest investor which have invested big, usually about 0.01 or more will never get paid back.
4949  Other / Off-topic / Re: Smartphones are vital to bitcoin growth on: April 23, 2017, 03:32:02 AM
I pretty much exclusively use my phone as I don't have my own computer and haven't for a few years now. Definitely the fact that I have a bank inside my phone is very empowering and I pass it onto everyone.
I don't think I can hold on using a phone as primary and the only one option to surf the internet and do something complicated, the fact that using a phone really makes you struggling and can't do further and advanced activities make it becoming kind of limitation for users. You must eventually buy a computer to simplify your activities regarding of crypto world.
Even though it's a smartphone, doesn't mean it's as smart as computer.
4950  Economy / Economics / Re: At what exchange rate would you call Bitcoin dead? on: April 22, 2017, 08:21:35 AM
I don't think bitcoin will be dead or drop the price in the 500$ or below because many users and member are supporting bitcoin and many people now are having a knowledge about bitcoin so the only way for bitcoin is to go up so I don't that will happen for me that is impossible.
Not literally dead for bitcoin but a disaster for those miners who counting on earning from mining. They'll need to fulfil the expenses of maintaining their mining rigs, electricity, and so on. Back then before halving, $500 rate of bitcoin is enough for those miners and get a decent profit but for now, after halving, it's not enough.
Even honestly I think that the price of bitcoin going down to 500$ is kinda hard thing to be happened if there's not a really bad news regarding bitcoin occur.
4951  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin and Africa on: April 22, 2017, 08:14:51 AM
I don't really know the situation and infrastructure in africa, but in the big cities where the internet is available, there's potential of bitcoin to grow. But apart from there, i don't think bitcoin can grow in africa for now as from i've seen there's too many poor and uneducated people there.
That's right, even before teaching people there about the basic of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, they're already lacking infrastructure and basic education. Only in big cities there in Africa are capable of using bitcoin, the rest is doubtfully incapable.
4952  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why bitcoin is not supported in some countries? on: April 22, 2017, 07:59:48 AM
Because bitcoin threatens the status of paper money in my country.Bitcoin is not controlled by any person or any government,also bitcoin is always used for illegal activities,so the government banned it.
It not actually threatens the paper money .The government will wont allow this to happen to replace the paper money.
Bitcoins will remains as other form of payment online ,a digital currency and with that advantage the disadvantage on paper money is having tax unlike bitcoins with no tax so the government have no control over bitcoins. Illegal activities or transactions is not a big deal for them to banned it .The only main reason is the control of currency by which government use to earn from our taxes.
That's right, the paper money won't be threatened that easily due to the existence of bitcoin in some specific country as long as the government only consider bitcoin as an alternate currency instead of the main ones.
Though, your statement which said that the advantage of a digital currency which have no tax is really wrong, you're not paying the tax even for a cent because the government doesn't recognise and probably unable to recognise your wealth in form of bitcoin, but when your government know what exactly bitcoin is, the taxation will come and thus official regulation will be released.
4953  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: In what situation would Bitcoin die? on: April 22, 2017, 07:52:27 AM
How and why would the end of bitcoin (and any other cryptocurrency) occur? Value decrease? Legality issues? Different technology/ideas to supersede it?

if all of the countries will banned it, and if hackers put down all the bitcoin sites and online wallet that many of us is using , that would probably the problem i think. I think bitcoin will not lose very easily.

Banning seems something impossible when you talk about the free world. Off course some more conservative countries may want to do that.

But remember too that bitcoin is online, banning something which is online is hard. Other ways that bitcoin dies, like a new altcoin are just anticipation and speculation.
The problem is not because it's online but because it's decentralised. The government can easily get rid of online thing they don't like by simply seizing the server of the site or service. but, it's a different thing if you're talking about bitcoin, bitcoin is everywhere and so does with its miners which exist in many countries with internet.
4954  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Does any bank accept Bitcoin? on: April 22, 2017, 01:17:38 AM
As far as my knowledge  there is no bank accept Bitcoin as a legal money. They do not allow us to invest  bitcoin for any purpose. Because no government accept this.
I think the bank has no power to arrest you and forbid you to invest in bitcoins. Which can impose a ban is the government. But I agree with you no bank that accepts bitcoin

The bank doesn't but the government do. The bank is like the core economy of a country and therefore if something threatens the bank it's also mean that thing can be a potential dangerous that the country need to eradicate.
Bank may cooperate the government to ban something, it has the possibility, just in case of bitcoin really threaten the bank, just my 2 cents.
4955  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will Bitcoin be replaced by another cryptocurrency? on: April 21, 2017, 11:10:21 PM
Maybe in the age of quantum computers there will come some reasons to replace bitcoin. Maybe transfer it into something else but the name will stay.
This quantum computer has been so often discussed here, some say its existence won't destroy bitcoin and the rest is disagree, but, at the end of all, it's a matter of the time. But, I'm sure by the time, the technology will also grow and bitcoin have its way to face this quantum computer problem, just, we don't even know whether the quantum computer will really put bitcoin to an end or not.
4956  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: CAMBODIA adopting Blockchain Technology on: April 21, 2017, 11:04:50 PM
More news about utilization of blockchain technology by any countries will help bitcoin it self growing popularity. Although they not admit bitcoin as a legal payment, at least they're all start to admit bitcoin excistence. It's can't be denied, that bitcoin (blockchain) can help the government economic system to be modern and transparent.
The blockchain is used widely by many altcoins and not only bitcoin, by the adoption of blockchain technology, it doesn't mean that people will know bitcoin or admit its existence, they just adopt the blockchain and not the coin, and supposedly, their citizens will don't know shit about bitcoin, just care about how it's beneficial for them.
4957  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][QAU] QUANTUM PROJECT - Connecting markets on: April 21, 2017, 01:51:37 AM
I think signature campaign this Quantum promoted through media social as Twitter or Facebook, because this is new currency in crypto and new users interested with signature campaign Quantum, I am honest this first time I have signature campaign, I really interested with new crypto currency Quantum, I hope more many new user for campaign here.

@brokens, I am hoping also that quantum will have a social media campaign so that we can spread the word about this project and many will be interested to participate especially that the presale is on going. social media campaign will also a great way to encourage more people to join this project.
That's a good idea but the devs must be able to target their audience correctly which is around the crypto world, other than that, it'll be such a waste of effort and money. Social media campaign often ended up with spams and so on, so it's up to the devs to decide.
4958  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why doesn't North Korea open up a bitcoin exchange? on: April 21, 2017, 01:40:59 AM

Yeah, exactly.

Hard to implement when there are so many people lacking basic access to internet.

When you have internet, you can go anywhere. But obviously Kim Jung Un doesn't want that to happen. Doubt he will ever invent something that will allow average Joes to trade across borders.
That's right, instead of using bitcoin they'll make their very own cryptocurrency.
4959  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will Bitcoin overcome Paypal? on: April 21, 2017, 01:36:01 AM
I say immediately, probably no more than 5 years, currently paypal transactions are still larger than the bitcoin, this is because many of the banks that accept paypal, a time bank will be accepted and bitcoin beating paypal.
Not because PayPal is accepted in many banks or what, but, because PayPal is accessible with many banks to top up their money into the account. From its release, PayPal is simply not against the bank's ideologies because it's basically offering a service for paying things online, and that's why so far PayPal haven't faced problem with the banks. Really different if you're talking about bitcoin due to its decentralization ideologies and clearly against the bank.
4960  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Reason Bitcoin will always be #1 on: April 20, 2017, 06:57:24 AM
Very simple, bitcoin is the most expensive currency today, although the price is very volatile but can not be denied that the development of bitcoin very rapidly. And most importantly bitcoin makes transactions faster and easier
Yes true, with bitcoin transactions become 100 times faster than bank transfer or internet payment method such as paypal. and the most important is secure, it is not possible we send wrong because the wallet is not likely the same.
Have you figured out the average time which is needed by bitcoin just to get 1 confirmation? I guess no if I recall, the normal average is 15-30 minutes and it's really slower than the transaction which are people often done through bank and it only takes about 1 minutes to send the money, bitcoin is cheap but the bank has the speed.
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