Blockchain replacing SWIFT may be a bit too far-fetched in my opinion. I believe there are supporters of blockchain and SWIFT in the world and they will each grow their own business models. There will be competition between the two and there cannot be a easy replacement of one by another. Like it is generally seen that blockchain technology is talked about getting integrated into banks but this never happens only the talk happens and so I dont think the two can be unified as well.

These are just speculations to try to pump the market. Like I always say people are weak-minded and they are willing to sell away the bitcoin they have because are not ready to accept losses. It is true that bitcoin gets more acceptance gradually but frankly speaking it will occur at a very slow rate. Even altcoins are trying to get into different parts of the society to make people aware of them and bitcoin. However the degree of acceptance by the public is low and will not increase unless the fiat to crypto exchange system is fully integrated with every device.

Chinese miners dont control bitcoin if needed they can stop mining even then there will be enough miners in the world in fact it will even make the difficulty easier for them making it better for the other country miners. No country has control over bitcoin because it is controlled by the people who use it and not those who talk about it. Those who do talk about it influence the market - how that occurs is because there are people who are weak minded and panic that bitcoin prices will fall giving them losses.

Yes MyEtherWallet can be used by everyone by creating a new wallet in their website. Generate a private key/passphrase and then use it. I prefer to use Mist wallet though and sometimes I have problems with the block syncing. It takes forever to sync and I have to wait for the syncing to complete before I can do any transactions. There comes in MEW - I can upload the Mist JSON keystore file there and use the password to unlock it. Then I can send transactions and view my tokens there without having to do a full sync from MEW itself.

Thus I recommend you to try out both and see which one works out for you. I do hope in future there is something like Electrum for Ethereum as well.

I my opinion a good ICO has the following things.

1. A clearly defined team which is backed by known advisors and people associated with crypto and related things.
2. A goal which is practical and not too exaggerated and has potential source of economic growth in future as well. The idea shaping it must be new and out of the box though in most cases this is may not happen. Transparency between the project development and the investors is something that is lacking in ICOs these days.
3. Working on a field where other projects could not develop or make a mark on and has potential ability to develop it further.
4. A token that can meet these demands and would be profitable to the investors when traded on exchanges.
5. A responsive support team.

These are what I think make a good ICO, but these are the ideal situation and may not happen in every ICO. Only invest money that you are willing to lose and never invest more than what you can afford.

Many people consider bitcoin as a risk to the current banking infrastructure and thus the governments are worried that they will lose their tax payments that they burden their people with every year. No one likes to get taxed and thus many people resort to bitcoin payments and thus often many countries have tried to stop bitcoin being used. However this is not practically possible because bitcoin is not controlled by the government and thus using modern tools anyone can use it without being traced at all.

The crypto market is controlled by the people using the cryptocurrency and trading it. It does not depend on any centralized institution to increase or decrease its price. That said it is true that people are always wanting to invest in it.

Thus they instigate many influential people to make good or bad comments about crypto in the news and thus the market rises and falls respectively. These propaganda and FUD news are spreading viral across the internet which is why people who tend to panic and up playing the same part that these people wanted them to play.

In return nothing happens except the organisation spreading the FUD gets to buy some crypto at low price and you sold it away to them.

Can Joel please confirm if I am accepted or not? I dont see myself added to the spreadsheet so I presume that I am not accepted in the 2nd week of the campaign. In any case please confirm me about it so I can properly post the remaining posts for this week. Thank you.

I have joined twitter campaign. It is good to see this type of a service being provided to people earning a diploma. I hope the the campaign is a success and I will try my best to promote it wherever I can. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to join the bounty.

Why are you having a turmoil over altcoin? If you want to invest in any altcoin by all means do so and have some experience in trading. There are many altcoins whose future prices are going high for sure and you would not want to miss out on that opportunity while in this forum. Check out the new ICO announcements and then join their bounty campaigns. Just dont spam the forum and you can get some free tokens/coins from them when the ICO ends. That way you can collect some new altcoins and trade them on exchanges.

As long as there are services which need blockchain technology integration altcoins will live and those altcoins which are already alive will keep on kicking.

In my opinion I feel we are thinking too much as different startups try to create their own token and distribute it for specific purpose. We all can pay with bitcoin and I think it is the solution to all problems of unification of finances. It does not matter to the people who create the token/coin as to who is going to accept it or not, they just want their wallet downloaded and the investors to invest in it. If we need to pay for every other service if by a different altcoin, then to hell with altcoins I prefer bitcoin to pay them all.

I still dont like doing personal stuff on my smartphone where google is like monitoring every one of our moves. Personally many of these news are propaganda news and FUD in nature but many are true as well. No one knows which one is actually true and not everyone of us can build their own smartphone for using. I prefer to use my computer to do online transactions though there is not much difference with that. But for banking and all I would rather do it physically by going to the bank even if I feel lazy.

The ICO needs promotion and basically all ICOs are based on how much socially engaging they are and if they dont promote their project how do you expect the people to buy their tokens?

The bounties and campaigns that happen on social media and on this forum are just methods and techniques for promoting the ICO. There is no relation between an ICO being a scammer and the ICO having huge bounty to provide. A highly rewarding ICO maybe or may not be successful. It depends ultimately on the public acceptance of their project and if it really worked out the way it was supposed to.

The rise and fall of bitcoin is a known thing in crypto market and if you cant deal with that then dont trade here. Bitcoin price is bound to increase in future and people who still doubt why this happens should learn the principle of cryptocurrency before making such statements.

In near future if big stubborn asses of finance make comments on bitcoin people will sell it and the prices will fall. If you are looking to invest in bitcoin that is the very moment that you must grab. Otherwise you will lose your opportunity. Place some buy orders for btc at lower prices and pray that they are touched, otherwise you just have to buy or market price which will be high relatively.

With a capital as big as 50k USD I think you should think first before taking the risk based on you experience on the market before. If this is your first time trading then I would suggest you to invest in small amounts first to test you skills.

In any case I think you can invest in BTC about 50% of it. Rest you can invest in altcoins, of which I think ETH and Ripple have a good future. You can also invest in any upcoming ICOs, but be warned about them that many end up as shitcoins and altcoin trading is more risky.

I have joined twitter campaign. As well as the signature campaign as well.

I hope I can promote this project well in social media. I will try my best to provide new re-tweets everyday about the project and help its price boost when it reaches exchanges.
Thank you for giving us this opportunity.

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Reapplying for this campaign. Thank you!!

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I see that it is BTC address in the twitter campaign as well. I am number 28 in the list. Please change it to this BTC address :

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Hello I am joined the twitter campaign. I would like to know one thing. One the google forms I was asked to put in my ethereum ETH address. I have done so but my question is whether the funds allocated for twitter campaign are going to be given in ETH since they are in BTC already, or the stakes will be counted as ETH after completion? I am a bit confused here so please clear this out for us.

I dont think this is what the doctors advice for addicted gamblers. Going on a vacation maybe a good thing to do but once you are back (you obviously have to come back) you will start to gamble again. Or maybe while on vacation the addicted person will find a casino nearby and start gambling. The family support is important no doubt but then there is support at home and one does not need to go on a vacation just because they want support of family.