I'm not surprised Ripple is on that list, but I continue to be surprised that people own so much of it.  It's probably the worst one IMO out of all those coins.

Tron kind of surprised me, since I didn't think it was all that popular and I'm not sure what it's being used for aside from speculation. 

As far as the analysis in the article goes, it's not really offering any great insights since all of the coins in the charts represent the top ones on coinmarketcap anyway.  The fact that their market caps are large gives at least some indication that they're all popular and that people own them, and you could have surmised that just by looking at the top 10 on CMC.

Well, it looks like eddie13 only left a neutral for OP, and as far as this thread goes it's just a discussion of the issues OP has with eddie13.  If there's no merit to these accusations, OP isn't going to get a lot of support from the community--and it's entirely appropriate for a member to start a thread like this rather than jumping right to leaving negs and starting flags, no?

I don't know him all that well, but I don't recall him ever being involved with a scam, though he's gotten into some heated debate about some forum issues.  I'm not convinced that what OP presented here is evidence that he tried to scam anyone or was involved in a project during which he knew it to be a scam.  This looks like OP trying to exact some revenge because of eddie13's accusations against him by trying his hardest to sling some mud.

Jesus, I've been around long enough to know there were quite a few exchanges that got hacked but I apparently missed this thread and didn't realize there were so many.

Sometimes I've wondered whether some of these so-called hacks were real, or if they were cases of exchange employees pulling inside jobs and stealing funds.  That's what happened in Cryptsy's case if I'm not mistaken, and in any case if you're an exchange, claiming you got hacked provides the perfect cover for an exit scam.  I have no doubt real hackers try their hardest to steal coins from exchanges, but you'd think that in such a tech-oriented business these exchanges would know a thing or two about security.

I don't do much trading, but I do still buy some altcoins occasionally and even though I trust the exchange I typically use, there's no way in hell I'd keep coins on it for more than a day.  It causes me anxiety to do so, I kid you not.

I have no doubt your experience was just as you described, because when I joined bitcointalk almost five years ago my impression was pretty much the same as yours--and it is indeed frustrating.  It's actually gotten better since the introduction of the merit system, but some sections are still filled with garbage posts.

Danny Hamilton used to have a pre-made ignore list that included everyone wearing a signature, but I wouldn't recommend using something like that.  The fact is that most members here are in signature camapaigns, including some of the best posters on the forum.  If you put them all on ignore, you'd probably be left with only members with the rank of Newbie that can't advertise in their signature space.

My suggestion would be to just add to your ignore list manually as you notice members posting nonsense.  That's what I've done, and it's worked out pretty well.

I was wondering what the problem is this time, and though I haven't read any of the posts involved, or the threads since I don't visit P&S or Off-Topic, I would imagine this is exactly why TECSHARE's posts got reported and/or deleted by Flying Hellfish.  He does have a tendency to get extremely defensive, which leads him to go way off topic.

I doubt this has anything to do with discussion about the corona virus outbreak, because that's a valid subject of discussion and I've even seen it in the Economics section not once but multiple times, and frankly I didn't think threads dealing with it belonged in that section.

TECSHARE, I don't know if Flying Hellfish has anything against you or not, but if you've got a history of getting your posts reported to him, and those reports are valid and result in deletion, no doubt he's probably got his eye on you as a member who frequently goes off topic or resorts to personal attacks or whatever.  That would be true of you or anyone else in the same situation, and I don't think he's got it out for you--but I can't see inside his mind, so I can't be sure.

OP, what were you doing when bitcoin was recently at $6600?  Were you buying then?  It sounds like you're starting to get a little bit of fear of missing out mixed with a little fear of losing money. 

Yes, bitcoin could drop back down to $6500 or any other price you could come up with in your head.  However, from all indications it seems like there's been a lot of buying lately and the overall mood is pretty good, so I would expect any drop to be temporary.  As long as you're not investing money that you're going to need for expenses, I'd say keep your funds in bitcoin rather than USDT.  If the price goes higher than where it is now, you'll be wishing you did just that.

It did?  I had checked preev several times throughout the day (and probably more than that) and I don't remember it going that high.  Not that I don't believe you, because if it just spiked briefly I could certainly have missed it.

I don't think $9600 is any kind of barrier, however.  It's just a round number and doesn't have any special significance unless it's one of those "resistance levels" TA people talk about all the time--and I'm not going for that. 

The bulls might be warming up, but they're not yet on parade.  I'd say that once bitcoin breaks through $10k you'll start to hear the marching music and see the batons twirling.  Until then, it's anyone's guess as to whether bitcoin has entered into an upward trend--even though it's higher than it's been for months, it isn't high enough to be sure that we're not just seeing a lot of volatility.

Sounds to me like emphasis is placed on happiness and success in life (in a very traditional sense, anyway) more so than money.  I found OP's take on the holiday to be interesting, as I don't know a hell of a lot about Asian culture--though I do know family is extremely important, at least compared to the US for the most part.

I assume you're talking about the new year holiday?  I didn't read that entire post as it was extremely long.  Sounds to me like the Chinese/Korean/Japanese new year "celebrations" are something to be enjoyed in the privacy of your own bedroom.  With the door locked.

So how does this relate to bitcoin or the economy, anyway?  Just curious.

Thanks for the heads-up on this, as I wouldn't ever have known they were giving a discount like this--I probably should sign up for their mailing list or something, but I hate those kinds of things.  Too bad 1) I don't need another hardware wallet right now; 2) The Nano X isn't the To The Moon edition; and 3) I can't afford to splurge on something I probably wouldn't use.

This is a fantastic deal, and I'm kind of wondering if Ledger has a surplus of inventory that they need to get rid of or something.  They make such a quality product that I don't think many Ledger owners find themselves needing to replace their devices all that often.

Try reading the rules next time when you join a forum and don't expect the rules to conform to you.  Plagiarism is a serious problem on bitcointalk, which I think is why the punishment for violating the rule is so harsh.  If it were anything more lenient then bitcointalk would end up looking like cryptotalk.org--and if you want to see a real mess of a discussion forum, check that one out. 

I'd say I'm sorry you broke up with your girlfriend, but it sounds like she has a problem with basic honesty anyway.  Not that I believe your story, because I've heard all of these excuses before.

Definitely not, and OP wrote his post a few days ago and bitcoin is kinda-sorta stalled out at $9300.  Now, I'm certainly not complaining about that, because it's trading at a much higher valuation than it has for some months now, but there's no way to tell whether these recent gains are a trend forming or whether bitcoin is going to drop back down to $7k or lower.

As I've said in other threads, I think the upcoming halving will probably draw speculators into the market.  That may or may not be a good thing, depending on how high they could potentially drive up bitcoin's price.  As I'm sure everyone is aware of, that exact same thing happened after the last halving, which resulted in the ATH in 2017....and the subsequent popping of the bubble.  Hopefully we don't see another bubble form.

Yeah, this guy looks like a dipshit but I wouldn't say he's spamming, just applying to campaigns that ultimately won't accept him.  If I were the campaign manager, I'd report the application post to the mods so he doesn't get credit in his post count (which I'm sure is important to him).

I've seen crap like this before and it drives me nuts.  I'm not sure why people don't read the campaign rules before applying, but it's very clear that a lot don't.  Maybe they just want to try their luck to see if they'll get accepted in spite of not qualifying.  In any case, don't let this one guy's posts in the campaign threads bother you too much.  He'll figure out that it's not going to work eventually.

This one scares me a bit.  I don't think government-backed cryptos are a good idea at all, but I'd hate to see them spread to North America where I live.  It's bad enough that banks can track all your financial transactions if you're using a debit card or checking account, but to have the government itself be able to do the same?  I would definitely not want to give up that much privacy to a government that I don't trust, and certainly not one with Donald Trump as the head of it.

IMO people should be protesting this, but my guess is that most people don't even understand what these proposals are all about since most don't understand what cryptocurrencies really are.  Governments have a long history of getting laws and similar things approved without much protest (think Prohibition in the 1920s in the US), but I do hope there's at least a little resistance in the countries which seem to be moving toward government-backed cryptos.

That's who I voted for, as he's the only newbie I'm even remotely familiar with.  I'm not sure I've even seen any posts from the rest of the nominees, though it's entirely possible I've forgotten since I read so many posts here. 

And yeah, I'm being lazy and not poring through post histories and all that, but this isn't exactly the contest of the century we're talking about.  Who knows where any of these newbies will be in a year or two.

If you assume this statement is true:


Then these following quotes don't make a hell of a lot of sense if you consider that the article specifically states that there are over 1500 exchanges in existence, all desperate for projects to get their coins listed on them:



It seems to me that the advantage should be going to the coin devs as far as getting listed on an exchange.  If one of them is asking for an outrageous fee, it should be easy enough to say to them, "Screw you, I'll just list it on some other exchange".  

On the other hand, it does explain why lesser-quality coins are only listed on obscure exchanges.  Try buying Gridcoin if you want to stake it.  SouthXchange is basically your only option.  Reddcoin?  It's listed on only about four exchanges.  So I'm definitely not saying I disagree with this article, because it makes good points.  I just wish there were more details given about which exchanges were trying to extort coin devs.  Naming names can be problematic for journalists (and devs) but still.

I don't know if that statement is true or not, but I doubt it.  There are a lot of weirdos and people who talk like they know what they're doing, but there's really no way to tell if any of them are truly making any money.  I would also suggest that if a trader had a sure-fire way of making money through trading, they probably wouldn't be giving away their secrets on Youtube.  It's far more likely they're making money by having their videos monetized.

OP, I'm not a crypto trader and thus can't offer you any of my own suggestions, but I was browsing Amazon the other day looking for books on crypto and saw quite a few of them dealing with crypto trading.  Obviously I can't vouch for any of them since I haven't read a single one, but you might want to at least look to see what's available.  And at least some of those books have customer reviews, although those can be faked and most probably are all about TA, which I find to be a bunch of nonsense.

However, if you do get into technical analysis you might want to buy a few books dealing with its stock market applications, and I'm pretty sure there are tons of books on the market about TA trading strategies.  Good luck.

There was a much better time to get into the market--when bitcoin had slumped to around $6600 just a few weeks ago.  Why isn't there an outcry of bullish sentiment when bitcoin drops?  The way I see it, when that happens it's on sale and should be bought.  If you start buying when the market is up over 30%, there's a chance that you could be a little late.

Not that I think that this rise is going to be all there is, because I think bitcoin is probably going to head much higher this year.  Am I certain?  Nope.  But we are indeed off to a good start, and the halving is only a few months away.  That will probably draw in some speculators if nothing else.

Your post is a little hard to understand, but I think you're basically saying the same thing I said.  People get scared to buy when prices are low, and that's exactly the time when you should be buying.

Yeah, it is hard to believe but it's happened before--I remember reading stories of stuff like this happening in Weimar Republic Germany (if I have the terminology correct). 

Obviously this is one of the great things about bitcoin, that it's a currency that can't be hyperinflated.  The only problem that comes to my mind is that while bitcoin's supply is limited, the total supply of all cryptocurrencies has the potential to become basically unlimited.  I'm not sure that's much of a problem since most new coins don't gain any real popularity, but still.

As far as OP's topic goes, there's a country that produces paper money with a vertical orientation and I can't remember which country it is.  I saw pictures of the notes and they looked pretty cool.  But honestly, all I ever see is US dollars so pretty much every foreign currency looks really cool to me.  I remember being fascinated with the paper money when I went to Canada as a kid.

LOL.  Those two are looking more and more irrelevant in my eyes as time goes on, and those emojis are perfect for them and every other bitcoin fork that retains the name "bitcoin" in it.

I can't stand Twitter, and it amazes me that it's staying relevant.  I have a feeling that it either won't be around in ten years, or it'll look much different by then.  It doesn't help that celebrities and politicians use it to spew nonsense, and that millions of wide-mouthed, drooling people gobble it up. 

Great that bitcoin has an emoji on Twitter now, but still....it's not a huge news item, not even a plus for bitcoin.  I'm left feeling a bit meh after reading this.

Wow!  That puts me to shame, because I've been here almost five years and I think I may have reported something like 4000 posts in total.  Keep up the good work as far as that goes.

Also, I'm glad you were a newcomer last year and were one of the few who became a very constructive member of the forum, because most people who registered between, say 2015-2019, are/were anything but that.  Most of them see bitcointalk as a paycheck and they don't really seem to learn anything and they certainly don't immerse themselves in the culture here.  Most remain anonymous, shitposting nobodies--so props to you for not going that route.

You've earned a lot of merits, too, and that isn't an easy thing to do for anyone who registered after the implementation of the merit system.  Good going and best of luck to you in the future.