So, this is some question i want to ask;
1. How can IRS make a conclusion thay cryptos is a property? And how much power the IRS is to defined it?
2. Even if this true. How to track all transcation from 3-4 years ago and get their identity with decentralized system? Using what punishment?
We talk about investors globally, i do not think it is possible. Added with different tax regulation in some country.
Please share your thoughts

I'm not really sure those big companies are already accepting bitcoins as payment. My recent memory says that Samsung acceptance was fake news after all. Perhaps those giant companies will take advantage of Blockchain Technology though. We might see them accepting crypto, but not today or even not ever because of bitcoin's price volatility.


Just one bit of the puzzle as to why governments are totally against crypto.

Usually mass adoption only happens when the "lords of the world" start promoting it ostensibly. I believe to think it in large scale considering only individual efforts is a daydream. Businessmen (little, medium, big ones...) can adopt the currency and incentive their customers to adopt too and they may be successful on it, but it doesn't mean the mass adoption will happen.

The masses will come when the governments tell them to do this... And it will only happen when Crypto reach to a safe centralized stage. I don't think it's good, but that is how the masses work.

Of course, it will be an issue for you newbies for the reason you're going to be nuked from your current campaigns and if you're not that confident about yourself getting on a higher rank then it's time to say goodbye son.
Being here foe bounties is considered as a sin, forum is meant for discussion not for bounties. These things are just some subs or an additional feature for the forum not for the people entirely.

There's too many newbies on board yet. The hate for bitcoin must be real, we need to see all the casuals that entered in the last FOMO season out, because these guys aren't thinking rationally, they don't understand the fundamentals and they don't therefore understand the inherent value of bitcoin.

Of course bitcoin is insanely tiny compared to what it is and where it should be. I mean Jeff Bezos' fortune is bigger than bitcoin, how stupid one would need to be to not see how insanely undervalued bitcoin is? very, and these are exactly the type of people we need to see dumping. Once they are all out we'll go for a new all time high as the smart people that see these facts are waiting for that to happen to enter the market.

Let's see :
1. Bitcointalk dominated by spammer and outdated to most cryptocurrency forum/community website. Bitcoin price crash after reach $20K and merit introduction made few spammer left.
2. Coinmarketcap have bad reputation since they accept advertising coins/ICOs many times which are scam/ponzi such as Bitconnect and there's rumor they intentionally manipulate market cap/volume for minor altcoin

So no wonder both website traffic went down, but there's almost no correlation between traffic of those website and Bitcoin price/value. Bticoin's technology, adaption, legality and ease to use/obtain it are more relevant.

It's strange why ETH still costs so little, maybe the rich uncles are very noble, because from my point of view ETH will cost about $ 3000 but then it's a matter of time and probably luck because we can only guess.

No I don't think they are worth it, they're referred to as micro-earnings for a reason. I guess if you honestly have nothing else to do it's something but doesn't seem worth the effort.

 I wasn't around when faucets were big. IIRC they were meant to be a way to help push adoption and bring people to bitcoin in a risk free way. It was a beginners tool, you earned free BTC and could then practice sending transactions, creating wallets. Any that still exist now I would expect to be sending out very small amounts for the same purpose as the originals, remember it's essentially a charity for knowledge.

The few I have seen now though I think are usually geared as a promotion for a website, or casino. So they come with their own agendas.

The crypto market is profit driven. The loyalty is directly proportional to the potential profit a coin can generate. So bitcoin is no exception here. I am a long time holder of bitcoin. I didn't sell off my holdings when the price was at 21k. I am not ready to sell of my holdings today as well. Because I belive there is potential.

The moment I stop believing that the potential is not anymore present in bitcoin. I will loose my interest in holding and sell of my reserve. So when someone says they are loyal to bitcoin not because of the potential profit but for the technology, I laugh silently. Till the time potential for profit is there, people will love even the technology. The moment all potential is gone, people will not think twice before dumping it. That's how the world crypto economy works.

It is all right if you arrived a little late for as long as you can still join comfortably. I also came a bit late but I still made a considerable profit from Bitcoin. The train still has a lot of space available. Everyone can still hop on at this point and become richer in the years to come. I think you should not exert much effort in looking for the next big thing. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Waves, etc. may be big from our perspective right now but they are getting bigger and bigger still.

He didn't say 1000%, which is 11 times growth, he said 1000 times growth, which is 99900% increase. He's right here, we won't see 6 milllion dollar price for Bitcoin, maybe our grand-grand kids will. But the part about “real applications of real economic activity”, is a bit more tricky - coins outside of Bitcoin, ETH, LTC, DOGE have very little actual users, even all these flashy coins that claim to be Ethereum killers barely have any users. But at the same time, most Ethereum users are just people trying to get rich quick with ICO's. So, Bitcoin is unsurprisingly the coin that fits his words the best, especially with Lightning Network being a very real thing already.

i and the majority have not lost confidence in the market
2016: >300
2017: >900
2018: >5,800
proves market confidence so far
right now the community is not at a loss of confidence. or a growth of fear.. the community is at a 'no innovative, excitement happening' period (nothing to hype)


where the fear is/reduced confidence will be, is in the utility of bitcoin dropping

this can affect things as a snowball effect in the future, which can effect the speculative volatility of the market price. if bitcoin has no utility, then even with scarcity. people wont want it. and so there wont be as much push. in the end the only market movers will be the miners, which if they decide to move a few rigs over to other coins. hashrates wont rise and the remaining miners can get more rewards regularly, thus reducing their costs and increasing their rewards meaning they can sell for less.

so its important that bitcoin NETWORK (not side services/networks, not drama, not emotion) but bitcoins blockchain re-innovates otherwise the hype of bitcoin being "the greatest" dies. which then snowballs.

Hah!

So it is another bowling pin down!

This is almost like a fun game for the SEC.

And there I was thinking they are seriously considering CBOE xD

Now, AFAIK, this is just to play with the market and test investor confidence.

Take your tour and vacation now, the market hasn't been so good for ETH holders.

But before taking your vacation, have you ever bought ETH under $200? if you haven't done it you better start buying it. Don't forget about bitcoin as its down by -4.05% today and that's a good buy as well. Most of the crypto's are down now and they became cheaper.