It's his opinion and it may or may not be true. We can only wait to see what actually happens in the future. Even if BTC won't be accepted as a global cryptocurrency then according to him some cryptocurrency will surely be accepted globally. This is a good news because any cryptocurrency if accepted globally will definitely boost the sales of BTC in the market as it will be traded with the BTC pair too. So in an indirect BTC will be benefited whatever the case is. 

At present you can just get opinions from the users for this question as there won't be any definite answer right now. In my opinion "If" Bitcoin goes mainstream and becomes a globally accepted cryptocurrency then there are chances that it won't depend on fiat anymore. The chances for it to not depend on fiat will be high only when the fiat currency is demolished and there is another currency which is almost equally valuable as BTC. It might be another cryptocurrency too but until that doesn't happen the thing which you are asking is impossible to happen.

  Didn't notice his personal text. Thanks for the info guys.

Lutpin hasn't been online for a while. I am sure he must be busy in something important. The last period's payment is till pending and there is just a week left for the next period to end. Can the old participants tell me whether it has happened before? I do have full faith on Lutpin but just want to know what is happening around.

There are two main reasons why the bounties are not paid in cash but in the respective tokens.

1. Being the major reason, most of the projects launching raise money in the ICO stages. They accept cryptocurrencies and give tokens in exchange for it. There is no cash involved and hence they don't pay in cash for the bounties.

2. If at all they decide to pay cash for bounties there will be so many people from different countries and paying all of them in cash will require for them to have different fiat currencies which is really hectic. This is why everybody avoids fiat currencies.

I believe in ETH and I am sure it will be at the top for most of its time. I like ADA too but I certainly don't think that it will be able to replace destroy ETH. The developer of ETH Vitalik Buterin is a good developer and I believe he will surely develop ETH to a level where no other cryptocurrency will match it or replace it or destroy it. If Cardano will develop to that level just think how much more will ETH be developed.

Most of the price fluctuations in crypto trading are due to news and events happening around the globe. People react to the news which affects the prices. If a positive event occurs somewhere in the world then it leads to a positive news circulating and hence people get motivated to buy in and the opposite happens when a negative news get circulated in the world. Most of the times the negative news affects more which leads to a panic sell in the market.

If you are facing consequent losses in your trade then you must take a break and that is what I have learnt from my experience.
I had started trading long ago and faced huge losses in the beginning of my trading journey. I didn't what to do and so decided to take  a break from trading. I analysed the market and when I felt I was confident enough to start trading again only then I started again. You can take a break as well until the market conditions become alright or you find the bottom of the market to buy in.

1. Yes the fee of a BTC transaction can go below 1 sat per byte. Example : If you have a transaction of 200 bytes and you pay 100 satoshis for thw whole transaction that will mean that you have paid 0.5 sat per byte as the transaction fee.

2. Yes the fee can be equal to 0 but the probability for it to never be mined is very high.

3. Well I had googled it and found the best answer here :
    
4. According to me it might be possible that BTC will sustain the system when it reaches $1 million. Although I am weak at mathematics I think that the numbers would add up just right.

Or rather we can say that this is an opportunity for all those people who did a late entry in crypto and invested in it at the peak. The ones who sold it a higher price could buy it back now at a lower price and get good gains in the future. The ones who sold now at a lower price have obviously done a mistake as they would have suffered from a huge loss.  I would advice those people to buy it back now and just wait until BTC recovers the price as it always does and at least get the capital back than to suffer from a loss.

I think that the current fall in price is because of the panic sell of most of the investors who did a late entry in crypto in the month of December. It might also be manipulation in price but I don't think a manipulation of price can last so long so it should definitely be the panic sell which has led to a huge sell off and hence the marketcap has become so low. I really don't care of the price as of now because I am here for a long term and I believe that BTC and other promising altcoins will surely make it huge in the long term.

I won't say that the price is increasing steadily since the fluctuations are happening on a daily basis but yeah I can say that the price is increasing slowly.
So it depends on what your aim is. If you want to make gains from the short term fluctuations or get the profits from the long term investments. For the short term gains you could probably wait a little so that the price takes a deeper dip and if for the long term then you can buy it at the current price as it not that bad as well.

I would definitely take it as a good news because this might lead to other countries starting to regulate cryptocurrencies too. Once a country regulates cryptocurrency it means that it has legalized the use of crypto in that country. This could be the gateway for crypto to go mainstream and worldwise use. Even if this does not lead to such a mainstream level it will at least encourage many people to start using cryptocurrencies.

If you are a trader then you can take advantage of such situations. The chances of making profit in the bear market are low but if done right one can get good gains from his investment. If you are not a trader then there is nothing you can do but wait until the time when the BTC's bear trend is over and the price recovers. There is nothing to worry though as BTC always recovers it's price. It takes time but it surely recovers the price after a while.

We cannot judge any ICO for this because the reason might be anything. It can be that the project has put in a lot of efforts and has spent a lot of money which was not covered in the ICO. It can also be that the project has allocated a cap for future money but didn't raise much and that's why they would have extended the ICO. It can also be that the ICO is trying to scam and wants more money and hence extended the ICO. It's better to research about the ICO and talk to the team before investing in an ICO.

I don't think there is any harm in giving tax to the government as it helps us in way or the other. I support giving taxes but there should be fair rules like a minimum income from capital gains should be required to pay the tax. Why should we pay tax if we don't so much. Also, the % of amount to be taxed should be reasonable. In my opinion it can be up to 20% and anything more than this would be an unreasonable amount to be taxed.

Bitcoin is not gonna fail or die no matter ETF is approved or not. ETF has come to the crypto world recently and has created a buzz but even when ETF was not around BTC was successfully gaining new peaks. So do not worry about the ETF and wait for the bottoms and peaks to make your trades and get profits in the long term and if you are a short term trader then look for crypto news and plan your trades accordingly as market behaves on news around the world.

I would put my stake on both the coins as I find it both amusing. ETH has a greater chance though to return a bigger profit as it is at $300 only and considering it's ATH at $1400 it can double your money twice. BTC will take longer to get such returns. But since BTC is the dominant coin in the market it would be wise not to leave BTC behind. So I would invest 50-50 in both the coins and let the destiny decide on how much gains I get

Good analysis and well explained on the thread. I believe the same that a trader can make money in any time irrespective of the trend. I had noticed the short gain opportunities when BTC reached $8k recently and thought of investing the price goes low. I am now eagerly waiting for BTC to hit another bottom so that I could buy more at the bottom and make money on the short gains. Although the price is good enough now to buy but let me just wait if BTC can go more low. I am happy on both the sides which is the best feeling 

There are days when BTC and altcoins keep dropping every single hour but then this doesn't happen for a long time and at the end of the say the price gets stable or at least it recovers a bit. It never happens that a coin is keeping on going down continuously unless it is a shitcoin which is about to get trashed. The only time to make profit in such situations is when the coin recovers slightly. It's better to wait until the coin hits the bottom. Buy more at that price and wait for the right time to sell.