Multiple encrypted micro SDs replaced regularly at different intervals in different locations is good enough for me.

As for cryptosteels I don't really get it. I'd rather create my own with a grinder and suitable lump of metal if I were to go down that route but I probably wouldn't.

If you don't want people to follow your transactions all the way the quickest way is to deposit to an exchange and then withdraw. Obviously only do this to a totally legit exchange. The BTC will arrive in one address. You'll be paid out from a completely different unrelated address which gives you a new trail.

That's enough to stop people who have linked your address to you keeping track of where you're sending.

Someone like OP is prime proof of the need for more than 1 merit to rank up. He posts almost nothing but rehashed brain dead junk but one fellow zombie would be enough to get him infecting more threads. It really needs to be a minimum of 3-5 merits to pull someone out of newbie hell.

https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-is-seeking-war-chest-investment-at-a-4-billion-valuation

A few users on here have reported receiving emails about 'investing'.

The valuation seems more than a little unicornish to me. Perhaps they have giant reserves. I doubt anyone putting money into them will get a stake in the real money.

I think after he gets out of jail Donald is going to elope with her to Novaya Zemlya where they open an American diner serving Russian air force pilots and have as many kids as possible before he dies.

Putin will craft a special law allowing them to marry each other as long as they stay above the Arctic Circle.

Nice idea. It's not the reality. And many a place doesn't have a decent or reliable exchange. It may be 'cheating' but for many it's the only way they can spend their BTC with ease.

And even if a merchant wants to accept directly their employees and supply chain won't.

There could be ETFs in every country in the world apart from America, but the pathetic thing is that people would still solely be focused on the SEC patting them on the bum and telling them to go play.

Bitmex provides a powerful incentive to mess with real markets and it's sucked up so much money that real volume will have weakened enough at times for the spot exchanges to become entirely Bitmex's bitch.

I'll bet many of the moves we've seen in recent times were purely driven by the desire to provoke results on Bitmex.

It's going to be the same as everything that's come before - more KYC/AML for custodial services and hopefully some form of formal redress or protection for people who deposit to them. There's not much else they can do.

Indeed. If I were the regulator I would've kicked them in the balls for a solid week and fired every single one of them before even dreaming of letting them anywhere near crypto again. It's possibly the most pathetic set of circumstances regarding a hack so far, apart from that Polish one that deleted all of its private keys.

Bitpay is USA only. Outside America they used Wavecrest like all the other dead cards like Xapo and many others. They haven't made any noises about making them available to non Americans again.

If you're outside the US and in the EU there aren't very many options any more. Wirex works OK but fees are pretty high. If you're outside the EU and US you might be up shit creek.

Never heard of that Upay card myself. If you do go for it don't leave any money on there just in case.

I guess mining makes the most sense. It's the 'cleanest' method of obtaining coins. However there aren't all that many coins left to mine. Perhaps that was Satoshi's wee joke. By the time governments pondered making an entrance they'd be largely forced to buy it from the scum who've been mining or hoarding for years.

Pah.

The less China the better. Soon the entire Bitmain board will be dancing in sex clubs in return for food and shelter.

If you're going to put your money on the line partially on the basis of the opinion of a bunch of hopelessly compromised internet strangers you're doing it very wrong indeed. If you don't have your own insight, don't do it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aeikjp/ama_we_are_sean_neville_jeremy_allaire_team/?sort=confidence

An interesting AMA from the Circle people to peruse on the toilet or when you're waiting in court for sentencing. They have plenty of things churning away.

I think it's KYC what did it for them. That's a double hammering. He says they were dropped by plenty of services because of that. It was probably the only move he could make though.

Reserves.

I already have ants, as well as a party, in my pants. That's as far as it goes.

Every time he does it one of my pet earwigs dies. The latest one was little Hughie who passed away in my arms. I cringe every time he posts just in case the worst happens.

It's an interesting question to ponder.

I'd rather we didn't experiment with the effects of global markets taking a shit and stuck to a settled wider picture for BTC to do its thing in relative peace.

As it stands crypto is nothing more than a wild bet to most people so I don't think it would weather things well if they turned south now. The longer disaster doesn't happen the more solid crypto will be when it does occur. It still might take a decade or two to be a real alternative.