Let me nickpick your last sentence which in itself is a question. I would say in response to that yes there is a fast money in cryptocurrency but not easy money. Fast in the sense that one could get into a coin about to be pumped and have several units of that crypto, and boom! You're into riches with price increase for the said crypto. But that isn't an easy choice or pick to make, is it? No one truly knows what cryptos will gain overnight, and that's the truth. Again, also bear in mind that the whole thing that happens in cryptocurrency is a big risk. Only the risk takers can survive it. Not an easy business to deal with.

No, you obviously are not a noob.


You are spot on. The OP is an older member here. They should be posting from their older account instead. But on fishing for merit, I don't see how that would've been an offense if OP had posted that from their older account. Nothing stopping them from earning merit if the post were merit worthy.

Gush! Another seemingly fraud, not a hack! Now the investors and traders will bear the brunt.

Sell some worthless coins that can't even get you a bite of pizza to buy a million dollar bitcoin? This is hilarious. . I know you're kidding.

OP's best bet should be to keep the coins and hope against hopes that some cash crazy whales pump it up. Even if the coins get pumped, are we sure the OP will sell and exit? Nah! OP will still want to wait to grow Bill Gates on a $100 investment.

No, that's not the reason your post was deleted. Short and concise posts addressing the topics at hand do not get deleted. But copy and paste or repeated short comments will always get deleted.

I haven't read in the rules anywhere here that says a certain number of deleted posts could get one banned without first being warned. One must get a citation or warning before one will get banned. Everyone here, at one time or the other, has got their posts deleted, including yours sincerely. It's not an omen to getting banned at all.

I read same allegation last week of exchanges indulging this sharp practice, especially on Bitcoin and then using clients funds to trade. No exchange was mentioned. As it was a sweeping allegation, I quickly made a rush to certain exchanges I use but couldn't find anything untoward. I don't know how this crazy things happen and I think names and link evidences (I mean concrete evidence, not social media link.) should be made available to the reading public so that we know these bad eggs.

I hope you are finding the needed Math bearing in Africa (Namibia, right?) 😪

OP, it's easier said than done to advise people not to sell. It doesn't work that easy once there is a pressing financial need to be attended to.

I think this current market situation is perfect. Very perfect! It sends jitters down the spines of weak hands and those who think cryptocurrency is the easiest place to make money. This reality should shake them up or even chase them out of the industry. They are mostly responsible for the constant dumps and price crash. I like this situation but my only regret is not having enough fiat to buy into this bottom dip. Anyone who isn't buying the dip will surely regret it a few weeks from now.

I am not even talking about the article. But dude, for real, if you still haven't bought into Bitcoin by now that means you too are indirectly a part of the Mafia media you criticize. How can you believe in something and still not buy into it. As for the media, I don't see anything shakeable they are doing. Those writing against bitcoin are mere bank puppets paid to do the yeoman job. That's all.

Put an ear on the ground and you will know these reputable managers the forums are talking about. People talk and the crowd can't be totally wrong on something like this. I also consider this factor while choosing  a bounty. In addition, I look at the number of Stakes to be shared and the total number of the coin the project has. I don't do projects with billions of coins. Nah nah...most of them end up shitcoins.


Really? You want to trust all those bias and subjective analyses? You better don't. Go with your own analysis.

Quarkchain is a good buy and its price is cheap. Already listed on Binance.

Talking about prices getting below ICO price, I don't think it's because crypto market is in a recession. No, that was already happening even before the recession set in. It's the devs and teams. Some of them are criminals who find an easy way of listing on cheap and irrelevant exchanges without volume and then before anyone says, "Jack Robinson" they dump on the holders and move away. This is the new soft exit scam.

Yah, Yahoo actually initiated that method but for some time he too has stopped using that criterion. On the overall, this world is such a horrible place. People (dissidents) will always find loopholes in everything good and circumvent it. Merit trading became the order of the day while the Yahoo method lasted. Although many accounts were surprisingly nuked for that.

On the 1merited post "bill", I don't think advertisers will like it. Publicity is advertising and advertising is publicity. You don't get the needed spread and publicity with people writing just a post. You get that with numerous posts.

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Well, I don't see how that will be any problem if countries have their own cryptos. It will only create a healthy boost of the whole cryptocurrency thing. More firms, companies or people coming into a business would only mean increased participation and improved services just like what we have with so many companies providing the same service in a country or province. It won't be a bad experience.

Ordinarily, investment in cryptocurrency is a risk on itself. It then obviously explains that whoever is investing in it already knows the risk factor involved. For me, it won't even be a bad idea if the person seeking retirement keeps that little amount aside for altcoins and not bitcoin. Everything kept for future use shouldn't be kept in bitcoin. For instance, if anyone had invested $100 last week on Firstcoin the person would've netted over $1,000 on that alone because Firstcoin just did over a 100%.

Knowing is better than thinking. You think makes it a guess or at best a rumour. The truth is that kost of the exchanges collect very exorbitant fees going into 4-10 btc to list a coin. I got yo know of this from a team whose telegram group I belonged and that was struggling to list its coin on popular exchanges.

The first thing you do about these cheat participants you have snipped out is to report them to the bounty manager. The second thing is to tag them to a DT member and then allow things take their natural course or you write a report on this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2896910.260

These cheats are part of the reasons the Merit system was actually introduced in the first place. But they still find ways of beating the system.

From the angle I stand which I like to call a vintage position, I know Litecoin is a great coin with a use case that will stay a long time as long as cryptocurrency exists. However, now isn't the right time to buy it. I believe it's high on its price if you are someone who likes buying large number. You just have to wait for further retracement. If I had come into cryptocurrency around 2015/2016, the litecoin definitely would've been an alt that I would be holding in large number because its price was next to nothing then. It still has the space of topping its earlier ATH before the end if this year anyway.

Mr Trump may not be handsome looking like his predecessor (I strongly consider Trump ugly. Yah, I know he didn't make himself) or have a strong oratory skill but we truly can't say he hasn't tried for the economy. Everyone would do as their intellect allows them space. Let's not forget that Trump is a screwd businessman. So, I expect he will bring all that to bear on the economy now as president of the US. And look at the historic summit he had with the Korean leader, Kim and how they amicably resolved what many thought would be a pathway to the WW3. Thumps up for Trump. So far, so good.

I rather tether than use stop loss in crypto trading. I believe stop loss here is highly inconsequential. Why use SL when you can just have a wait for price to revert, whenever. Accounts hardly go into margin call except where a coin is delisted from an exchange. In Forex SL is necessary but in crypto it's optional. That's how I see this anyway.