I doubt that they would make Biden win the nomination after all of this time and when Bernie has the second most votes for nomination, they would move Biden aside for Cuomo, that doesn't seem like a very possible situation, I am pretty sure there would be a lot of in fighting going on inside the DNC for Bernie to get nomination if Biden doesn't get it.

But, I am 99% sure Biden will keep being the candidate for sure, he earned it and he wants it as well so he will keep it. At the same time Trump might be doing horrible stuff with the Covid and BLM situation right now which could make a lot more democrats to go out to vote and that is a great thing for Biden, yet at the same time Biden is not doing stuff to win, sure Trump works to lose but we need Biden to do something to win in order to get it, otherwise it will be Clinton deal all over again.

Step 1. Someone anonymous does something outrageously egregious to cause harm to you (or someone you) know/love
Step 2. Anonymous Someone asks you to give them something worth $10 million in return for undoing the bad thing


Q. Is step 3:

3a) Give them the $10 million. Why wouldn't you trust them?
3b) Give them nothing and take the hit. They've already proved they're total assholes

Long term holding for XRP is quite a risk just like any other cryptocurrency out there. Since this coin is owned by private company, their fate will be dependent on the company behind it. To have a better perspective between bitcoin and ripple, you can take a quick read in the below article and gauge for yourself, which one will be of advantage in your part for long term holding.

https://www.investopedia.com/tech/whats-difference-between-bitcoin-and-ripple/

Ripple is a very promising platform because of those companies collaborating with them, but one wrong move from one of its owners will make this network fall apart. Consider that if one day, one of its stakeholders wanted to cash out his large holdings or someone from their group exited without advising the group, what would be the future of their company? It is for you to decide how you are going to take that kind of scenario, and the possibility is always there.

I start from the premise that each person is personally responsible for his money and what he will do with it at any time. But I think we have some moral obligation to warn inexperienced people on the forum and in real life what Bitcoin is and what altcoins really are.

I think things are changing for the better though, not only do users realize they need to be their own bank - but also that a good percentage of altcoins (more than 50% in the top 50) is in the red despite the rising price of BTC.

LOL.. Anyone remember the 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota? That one is perhaps the prime example of an election stolen through the usage of mail in ballots. After the initial count, the GOP candidate (Norm Coleman) was leading by a few hundred votes. But then the Democrats started finding stacks of mail-in ballots (obviously all of them marked for their candidate Al Franken) in various places such as municipal thrash boxes, public toilets, bus stops.etc. In the end, Franken was declared the winner by around 300 votes (around 0.01%).  

XRP is great for the long term, but if you think about the supply of coins I still have a little doubt. But as long as it is in the top 10 of coin marketcap, I think it will still be profitable.

A serious investor will never invest in some altcoins without meaning and purpose, especially not after what happened during 2018/2019. Only those who deal with pump dump schemes and those who think that BCH/BSV is a better choice then Bitcoin can say/speculate that price is overvalued. After 11 years, those same investors must have learned something - only Bitcoin remained a profitable investment almost all the time - and look at how many projects survive only one year after they appear on the market.

Bitcoin was cheap in 2013, it was cheap in 2015, it is cheap even today given how much potential there is for growth in the future.

It’s a little too late since there is minimal new coin supply to mine right now. It would make more sense to finish porting Aeon to monero latest framework then fork aeon and start a new chain from scratch with ASICS. This way you have a fresh chain, full privacy (no ring 0) history, all the tested benefits and bug fixes of 6+ years, and support of ASICS on an asic friendly POW. But that won’t happen for at least another 2(?) years when supply runs out of aeon and the unknown functionality of tail emissions kicks in. So you could say that creating ASICS now would show the full functionality on the chain to prove out any issues of sha3 + ASICS and allow for bug fixes related to ASICS before forking and creating that fresh new chain to start all over with.

Just a theory here.

Which reminds me, where is that tari whitepaper. 

Just look at the numbers. During 2018, we used to have 200-300 different ICOs going online every week. Currently, this has been reduced to a fraction of that level (< 10 per week). We had some great ICOs in 2017 and the preceding years, such as NEO, Ethereum, Stratis and NXT. But how many such projects we had in the last 12-18 months? I am not very hopeful about a revival of the ICO sector.

And again I ask you what does the telephone directory have to do with the fact that in this particular case it is about people who bought a hardware wallet? Is there any information in the telephone directory or has there ever been information that someone bought gold, an expensive watch, a valuable piece of art perhaps?

It is really not clear to me that you are drawing a parallel between the telephone directory (which is a public database) and data that should be secret for quite logical reasons. I don't want a public directory with my information stating that I own a hardware wallet or have a safe in my apartment.

Very laughable comment. Bitcoin overvalued?
Please go read the Bitcoin Standard and come back when you fully understand the bitcoin mechanics which you probably forgot.