Bitcoin cash has been the only successful fork of Bitcoin as it actually had strong support from the miners and presented some solutions to the high transaction fees and slow transfer times that Bitcoin was labouring under. The other coins after are just trying to jump on the bandwagon with no real benefits to them.

I must say that the MyEtherWallet DNS issue came at the most convenient moment to put a stop to the Ethereum rise 2 days ago. I think it looks more than a little suspicious and personally I never saw any problem with the MyEtherWallet website, DigiCert security or the certificate itself.

I think it depends on the particular project and the value of the bounty you have received. Timing is key to extracting the best profits from your coins and if the majority of bounty hunters are expected to sell straight away then maybe this is not a good time to join them as the price will drop. Listing on a premium exchange a month or two after the mains sale completes can be a stimulus for a pump so I usually wait for a little time before selling.

There was a good surge 2 days past but then the MyEtherWallet hack story spread and the market turned (Very convenient timing to put the brakes on a run?) This is the 3rd time now that Bitcoin has failed to hold above 9,000 level and until that happens I think we are still not out of choppy waters.

I cringe everytime I think about this I have 2 that I messed up with.

1. Trueflip (TFL) sold it too early when it was around $0.8 it went on to reach over $4 within a few weeks later
2. EOS I had around 1,000 and sold half of them at about $3, it went on shortly after to reach $5 and today it is over $13

Consolation that I still have over 500 EOS and it has now given me a 10 x return  

First thing I would check is the manager of the bounty campaign and see if they have a good track history or are part of a well known moderator group.
After that I choose something with around 6 or 8 weeks to run so you get a chance to build up a decent amount of stakes in the project.
Finally I look at the value the token will be set at during the ICO and match this against a likely number of tokens to be received to calculate a reasonable return.

It seems to be very difficult now to increase your rank on Bitcointalk so good luck getting out of the Newbie class.

Ripple, I class as a cryptocurrency it runs over a blockchain same as all the rest however the control over it is centralized. I have a portion of my portfolio allocated to Ripple as I think it has a good chance to appreciate in value. Some people are taking a strong stance against it but I am not one of them, there is space for all types of coins on the Blockchain.

What a lot of people are unaware of is they have been already running the pilot project KEAZ for a few years now.

I do not have any problem with a KYC being required to take part in a Bounty campaign, and a lot of times this has been forced upon the project by regulators. It would be fairer however if this requirement is made clear when the campaign is started and give people the option to join or not.

Have seen instances of people using multiple ID in the past to get extra shares so if this also helps stop fraud it is a good thing.

I think all of us have made some mistakes with our trading strategy over time don't beat yourself up too much over it. Now I always set myself an initial realistic target with a coin and even if it is on a run then I would still sell the predetermined amount. If the coin goes up in multiples then it is sensible to sell enough to recover your initial investment and leave the rest running.

In the correction earlier in the year Ethereum was dropping far more than Bitcoin in relative terms so now we seem to be experiencing the reverse where it is rising quicker in percentage terms. Bitcoin Cash seems to be rising quicker than both of them.

The winners of the initial Pitchfest competition have been announced.

https://medium.com/sharering/pitchfest-challenge-update-d034a90bfae8

This competition gives the opportunity for 2 members of their community to have their ideas backed with funding from SHR.

Look out for further Pitch Fest in the future 

Whilst finding a route to being able to easily spend your crypto is a number one priority, I would not want to use a Gift Card option as a route to spend. I think the only sensible option is a Crypto Debit card but that nut has still not yet been properly cracked.

In our history all currencies have risen and fallen and new ones take their place, If Bitcoin were to die off then another coin or coins would take its place as the top dog in the crypto space. The only thing that has endured as a store of value throughout history is Gold.

You can also find stories on ShareRing on their Medium channel https://medium.com/sharering

Don't beat yourself up too much I think everyone on Bitcointalk probably has at least one story of an ICO that they invested in going pear-shaped and losing their money. That is why you must never invest more than you can afford to lose but also do as much research as you can into the potential projects to help prevent you from these events in the future.

I tend to transfer the tokens received from airdrop campaigns into either Bitcoin or Ethereum after a little time, some of them have chances to greatly increase in value but others simply fall away in value with little ongoing interest. By converting them to ETH or BTC they can either be used for other investment or simply held for price accumulation.

Looking back 2 months to the original post it is interesting to see what a little patience and a relaxed attitude have delivered and also what a fantastic buying opportunity there was during March. Some of the quality alts have risen by 100% or more during that time which back up the idea that you purchase when there is blood on the streets. Crypto has always been a rollercoaster you just need to use the ups and downs to your advantage.

For me it is firmly in the camp of being digital cash and nothing more at this time. Gold is a physical asset and Bitcoin so far has always been a virtual digital asset with no current way to change that definition

Chinese citizens have been excluded from participation in ICO for some time now so essentially it is old news rehashed. If you look at all the ICO whitepaper or Terms and COnditions they will explicitly state that it is not available to Chinese or US citizens.