Lol! That is the main roadblock for bitcoin to be accepted as a mainstream currency. The bitcoin network is entirely controlled and managed by the miners. So they do whatever they wish. This type of monopoly is not a good sign for the consumers. We are now forced to pay insanely higher fees to confirm our transaction. So in your post, for a $6 coffee the person will have to pay somewhere $9 in total including the fees and then comes the waiting time. That is the reason why people are moving to some other coins which are technologically superior that bitcoin.

When a block is mined, it consists of block rewards as well as miner fees. Once 100% bitcoin is mined, only fees component will remain. MIners will have to run a full node to support the bitcoin network. here you have raised a very valid question. I too am not very sure how bitcoin will survive once all the blocks are mined. Probably people will have to move to another crypto currency like ETH or Ripple or any other coins to continue the crypto movement. A new currency will take over bitcoin then.

I think it is due to the festive season bitcoin price is dropping. People are selling off their holdings to meet their expenses during the year end festive season. That is the reason why we are seeing a high number of transactions are adding to the Network and the fees is rising sky high.

But this price drop has provided an immense opportunity for the investors like us to buy at a cheaper cost and average out our holding price. Currently we are not seeing the effect of that buying spree in bitcoin price but I am sure that the situation will start improving after the first week of January for sure.

The subject line of this thread and the post body simple doesn't match with each other. However, let me tell you that bitcoin doesn't guarantee full anonymity. Because everything is available through a public ledger called blockchain. So all your transactions are recorded in the blockchain and can be easily checked by anyone in the world. So bitcoin is not anonymous. You may want to use mixing service which will ensure some level of anonymity though.

Also my question to you is that, if you are not doing anything illegal why do you want it to be secret? If you are doing anything for a good cause, you can do it openly. It is certainly depends on the people who want to use bitcoin for the good and bad cause, but as I have mentioned before, bitcoin is not anonymous so you may not be able to hide your activities properly using bitcoin. If you want to be truly anonymous, please use some altcoins with integrated TOR network.  

Theoretically, bitcoin is a big subject and it's very hard to write down the entire concept of bitcoin here in a single post. So I suggest you to please google this and read articles associated with bitcoin. You will start understanding slowly. Also a lot of videos are available in yourtube which will help you understand the entire matter. I can suggest a few videos to you,

What is bitcoin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9eJF1nLiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmU28mgihB4

How bitcoin works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuA3xb-L8r8

What is bitcoin wallet and how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-vWx3oA84

I hope these help!

Bitcoin mining using CPU is not profitable anymore. You will end up burning electricity only but you won't receive anything in return. Currently the best CPU available in the market is Intel i7 8th Generation. But that won't produce required hash rates for finding even a single block. So if you have a plan to mine bitcoin using CPU, please drop it.

However, if you are planning to mine altcoins, then you may use the above mentioned CPU, but I am doubtful about the end result. Most of the altcoins are significantly pre-mined so the difficulty level will eat up your profits. please visit the below website to know more about the difficulty level and mining profitability to decide for yourself.

https://www.coinwarz.com/charts/difficulty-charts

If you are planning to enter in to mining, use mining rigs. It will be expensive at the initial level. But slowly you will see the profits.

I would be the happiest person on earth if it happens. I too came across such news from some national news papers bureaucrats these are not certain till date. They are just speculating. It is true that Indian finance ministry has formed a committee to debate on crypto currency and to draft a recommendation to be presented in front of the parliamentary committee.

However, Indian government is run by old bureaucrats who has limited brain power to understand the power of crypto currency. So I have a very little expectations from them. But if India decides to tax on bitcoin and legalize it, it will bring a huge positive impact on overall Cryptocurrency market.

In longer term, ETH value can even overrun bitcoin's value. Both of this coins are created for different reasons and ETH has a lot of real world usage while bitcoin has become a store of value nowadays. ETH is widely used to create tokens to fund new businesses. Also the transactions are superfast and lot more cheaper than bitcoin which increases its acceptability to the frequent transactors.

Also if we see the market cap, ETH is holding the second position since a long time now. Which proves that ETH is widely accepted and praised by the crypto community. So I believe, ETH can certainly reach the current level of bitcoin, probably not soon but surely in long run.

Even I noticed the same. I believe it is due to the festive season that plays the background role here. People usually tend to buy gifts and goodies during this time of the year and those don't have liquid cash in hand, prefers to cash out some of their holdings.

However, the chart also suggests that the price rebounds once the festive season is over. Around middle of the January. So those who have extra cash in hand, it is a good time to buy in.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the opportunity to allow me to join this long term signature campaign. I feel proud to be associated with bitdice.

Regards,
Avikz

Dear members,

I have earned few EtherGreen and ELTC3 tokens through bounty campaigns which I want to sell.

Available balance:
EtherGreen: 4348 (Listed in Idex)
ELTC3: 1006 (Listed in EtherDelta)

Screenshots: **For security reason, I am not posting the account address publicly**



Current market value:
EtherGreen: 0.00009760 ETH/GREEN
(0.00009760 X 4348) = 0.4243648 ETH

ELTC3: 0.000000500 ETH/ELTC3
(0.000000500 X 1006) = 0.000503 ETH

So, the total market value of my holding is currently, (0.4243648 + 0.000503) = 0.4248678 ETH

BUY NOW PRICE: 0.32 ETH

Also, please do not hesitate to post your offers!

**moderator, if it is not the right place to post such sell request, please remove the post**

Dear manager, I would like to join in this long running signature campaign. I will update my signature and avatar if accepted.

Username: avikz
Rank: Hero Member
Current number of posts: 1916
Bitcoin address: 18BN5y2mSjH6pbSPjjVgVM9jQdSuijYD4R

Dear Manager, I would like to join this excellently managed signature campaign. I will update my signature and avatar if accepted.

Username: avikz
Rank: Hero member
Post count: 1914
Profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=699700
BTC Address: 18BN5y2mSjH6pbSPjjVgVM9jQdSuijYD4R
NEM nano wallet address: Will download and install if accepted.

Plz let us know the name of the signature designer. Also plz let us know the link of his portfolio. We need to know the name if such a scammer to make sure no one else get such signature again.

Just one question, why the signature looks stolen from trade.io token?? Is it just another scam ICO who just want to earn some quick bucks and doesn't have the patience to create something original? I will invite some DT members to look into it.

Hey campaign manager,

In the articles spreadsheet I can see my name and it is mentioned as approved as well. However, the stakes are mentioned as "0". Is it a typo or intentional??

Btctalk name: avikz
Rank: Hero Member
Current post count: 1911
BTC Address: 18BN5y2mSjH6pbSPjjVgVM9jQdSuijYD4R
ETH Address(MEW preferred): 0xb11aAd3222782C216A1B5aa1b12951581F485562
Wear appropriate signature: Will update if accepted.

Hi Notaek, I am willing to join this long term signature campaign again. I am ready to work as per Sr. member rate until a new space for Hero member opens up.

Username : Avikz
Current Rank: Hero Member (Soon to become Legendary)
Current Post Count: 1911
Bitcoin address: 18BN5y2mSjH6pbSPjjVgVM9jQdSuijYD4R
Want to avail for avatar bonus?: Yes

I will update my signature and avatar if you accept me to participate again. Thanks!

Username: avikz
Post count: 1911
Btc: 18BN5y2mSjH6pbSPjjVgVM9jQdSuijYD4R

I will update signature and avatar if accepted. Thanks!

I have just published an article in my steemit account. Hope you like it,

https://steemit.com/ico/@avikz/apollo-digital-asset-exchange-a-great-platform-in-the-making-beta-version-released-ico-open

Thanks!