Yes that's true. Casper FFG is a proof of stake-based finality protocol which overlays an existing proof of work blockchain. It's a partial consensus mechanism combining proof of stake algorithm research and Byzantine fault tolerant consensus theory to provide additional protections against block reversions. Basically, Casper FFG is designed to implement POS and mitigate the “Nothing at Stake” problem.

that is what the "brokers" have been traditionally doing for years. they always tell their investors not to pull out of the market because them keeping their money in will give these "brokers" who have nothing at risk a lot of commissions. that is why Lee has been assuring his newbie investors that price is going to a new ATH all through 2018 during the drops, basically every day!

Definitely Tom Lee is the most funny, in the last months he has been avoiding make many predictions. did he finally realize that he's failing a lot?


they are called: " bitcoin bull "


This time he has not set a specific date for the price to reach this value, so no one will charge him anything

Glover still fighting huh? He still hungry for that belt.


He will if he does not retire early or if he does not choose/avoid his opponent later on. 

You can also add tough chin (at the moment) in there. He has been hit hard a few times but his chin held up. There will come a time where he will lose it and will be knocked out.

It all boils down to this:

How much knowledge do you need?

If you can explain to someone how to send and receive a Bitcoin transaction, then they already know as much as they do about fiat.  That gets us about halfway there.  Then you have to explain security, backups and personal responsibility, which might take a bit longer.  Emphasise the part about how there's no one who can intervene to cancel or refund a transaction for them and you're pretty much done.

How is any of that difficult to explain?

What are the disadvantages of switching from PoW to PoS ?
I'm asking this, so that we can have an objective discussion.

actually the problem is not with what they use, the problem is with trying to analyze something that has no logic behind it because it moves based on manipulation. and obviously when it is based on market capitalization it must be wrong!

the fact is, many altcoins are still at a price that is a lot higher than their intrinsic values. that means they are still in bubbles and bubbles first have to burst before the market can even begin the recovery process.
on top of that, as i said in another topic the newbie money is not yet in market to help pumper pump the altcoins so we can't expect any kind of "recovery" any time soon.

Agree, with the condition that almost all altcoin is utility token that cannot be used yet, maybe 99% of the ICO will be forgotten and may not be traded in the market anymore. Such a possibility could occur because of the slow adoption of cryptocurrency, besides that many ICOs failed to reach the roadmap that they made themselves

@bbc.reporter - We've been following the various CSW litigations with interest, and though there some really interesting propositions flying around - such as Peter McCormack's - we aren't in a position right now to offer a market for any of them.

Out of interest, would you take 2/1 on those coins being moved by CSW within 1 year? Or assuming a fair market (no margin) the inverse would be 1/2 they stay put, so a 50% return on investment.

So, ask yourself this question... does the average person on the street know how the Fiat system work? People I have spoken too, still thought that every Dollar bill was backed by Gold and that Gold gave Fiat currencies it's value. They still used Fiat currencies, even if they did not know how it worked and after I told them that it was not backed by Gold, they continued using it. <People simply do not care, they just want it to work>  

Let's take it one step further, do people know how governments and Banks are manipulating Fiat currency value? Do they know how the value of their Fiat currency is dropping over time? <buying power>  

We're already witnessing the proof, aren't we? The altcoin market share has gone down by more than 50% during the last two months, from above 50% to less than 25%. Many of the smaller altcoins and tokens are no longer actively traded. Even the established altcoins such as Cardano, Monero and NEO has lost more than half of their value. Still needs proof?