XRP is not a cryptocurrency and fuck knows how it managed to sneak in in the first place.

If there was a usurping BTC would still be the prime option for what it was designed to do. Bots and pumpers won't change that.

That is the one and only place I've seen approval mentioned.

If it was executed well enough I'm sure many people would choose them over the utter horror of the average relationship. It still feels a little bit like jet packs and flying cars to me. They're always going to be just slightly over the horizon. At the same time it feels a tad inevitable too considering how warped we're all becoming.

Every phrase I can associate with the idea - self cleaning, rechargeable, Amazon - used acceptable, 2 year warranty, realistic gag reflex, pleading mode, barely legal pack, carry case - is a stake through the heart of my desire.

When we ourselves are robots, or brains in jars having our pleasure centres tickled.

I could not imagine warming up some dead eyed object and then forgetting that I filled it with my filthy outpourings the previous week. Whatever boner I could muster these days would rapidly disappear again.

Sheesh.

Someone didn't get the Barbie show jumping set they asked for for Xmas this year.

I am.

I've said no to rather more action than I've said yes to and nearly got duffed up several times because of it. And I wish I hadn't said yes most of the times I did.

This is one of the things that intrigues me most about this year. If BTC goes to sleep, will people turn to alts?

The difference between now and 2015/16 when that was at its peak is that alts subsequently had their moment and delivered fuck all with knobs on. Then again that's probably not going to turn anyone off.

Cryptoland is not doing itself any favours using one website, with whatever quirks, grudges and laziness it develops, as the go to reference.

As almost always, you can't deposit it.

I've only heard of it this year though it looks like it's been a thing for a while. I expect it'll be something that grows over the years as more become aware of it. This year will probably be a bit of a nothing but it may eventually replace Christmas as the world's number one public holiday.

Binance is less than two years old. People know effectively nothing about how it's run or its procedures. Just because it's big, does not make it 'good' or trustworthy. Act accordingly.

Indeed. Many of the biggest companies listed on the FTSE have only a fraction of their business actually in the UK. The pound is where things will take the hardest and most immediate hit.

I think we're still a long, long way from attracting a large number of people with an investment/hedging mindset. Most are still gamblers. Many will be crucified along the way. They won't be remembered in the long run.

That feels like a really weird attitude to me.

Bitcoin don't give a shit who invests in it. No one can rely on anything in terms of its value or behaviour.

Anyone who goes into it expecting their expectations to be fulfilled may well wind up having a bad time. Prepare accordingly. There are too many weirdnesses, unknowables and the emotions of people coming and going to be able to count on anything.

I can't say I was shocked by the fall. As soon as a pal of mine called me out of nowhere asking for permission to buy XRP at $3 I knew the writing was on the wall. I'm shocked by how similar it's been to last time so far. Originally I wasn't going to budge a penny until 2020 but I didn't expect the magnitude of 2017 and I hadn't really planned for it. 

It's very, very easy to have a super high figure lodge in your mind and forget how little time it actually spent there. Hardly anyone would've achieved those peak sells. Exchanges were also so seized up at the peak that you might have had repeated failures attempting to get rid.

My ideal scenario is that my preplanned figures are reached on a very sluggish rise long before it goes nuts again.

That was a very sensible addition.

I cannot think of anyone else so shrill, mindless and immune to reason. It does not reflect well on him. Be sceptical by all means. Back it up with some points that cannot be unravelled in a couple of seconds.

It was the standard of reasoning you'd expect from a toddler, not a fully grown person of influence.

He reminds me of this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhCZLa5rbL4&t=26m54s

In future alts will be used for the exact same reason they're 'used' today - to get more dollars.

People say 'there's no way there can be more alts'. I think it's only just started to get warmed up. There'll be so many shitcoins peddling shit that it'll make our heads spin. You'll need a staff of thousands to keep you informed.

Soon enough there'll be a two tier market. There'll be blue riband exchanges that only the decent ish coins get on and stay on. Everything below will be scrabbling around in the nether regions of the internet ferociously snapping at scraps.

There's a little glimpse of that on this very forum. Compare the Bitcoin sections to shitholes like the bounties section. It's a hurricane of incomprehensible junk that will never amount to squat yet people will continue to lap it up.

I think people need to experience missing their opportunity once. When the chance comes around the second time they'd hopefully not make the same mistake as it might have taken several years to work its way back up.

I had a set proportion I was going to sell once it reached a set price. It didn't quite get there. It should get back there some day. When it is I'll be selling no matter what the future is looking like.

I didn't enter this explicitly because it has the makings of a potentially infinite game. I like my concrete deadlines and conclusions.

Note the wording they've made in this announcement. They'll announce the time line of the launch, not another actual launch date. I assume this might partially be related to the US government shutdown.