segWIT2x mining support is more than 85% https://coin.dance/blocks#proposals
BTC core nodes are nearly 80% https://coin.dance/nodes
if this goes like this we ll going to see a HARD FORK at 1 August.


I think HF is likely 80% will happen.
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If you think different plz reply.

Or, you could just import the BIP39 seed onto any supporting desktop wallet clients. For instance, copay. Though instead of "import from backup" you'd have to go to create a new wallet, and specify the recovery seed.

i have tried this before, generate a new wallet on blockchain.info, write down the walet recovery seed, and if you ever lose access to your wallet then you could either do it the hard way, go through all the derivation paths etc. or just import it into any supporting bitcoin wallet.

So yes, you can indeed access your coin without having access to the site, as long as you have the correct recovery seed.

https://iancoleman.github.io/bip39/. Download a local copy and then use it. You can see it generate same address you have in your wallet. You can also use Electrum, Mycelium or Bither to recover your Bitcoin from seed.

Blockchain.info is now an HD wallet. If you don't know what that means, read http://support.mycelium.com/hc/en-us/articles/207045475-What-does-HD-in-HD-Wallet-mean and/or http://www.fintechblue.com/2016/03/what-is-an-hd-wallet/.

The password you are referring to is the one you use to sign in, right? If so, when you recover later, if password is asked, don't enter any because you don't need password to recover from a seed.

Note: Create a new wallet in Blockchain.info for testing. Don't expose seed or send it to anyone. Getting your seed means having access to your Bitcoin, just like private key.

Edit: if you just want to check whether the addresses created in another wallet is same as in Blockchain.info, then you can use xPub key. To do it, follow:
  • Go to blockchain.info/wallet and login.
  • Click menu.
  • Click 'Settings'.
  • Click 'Addresses'.
  • Click 'Manage' of the wallet you use or want to export your xPub key.
  • Click 'More Options' and select 'Show Xpub' from drop-down list.
  • Click 'Confirm'. The long time starting with "xpub" is extended public key(xPub) of that account.
  • Copy/save your xPub.
  • Now, go to iancoleman.github.io/bip39/ or open local file if you have downloaded it(recommended).
  • Paste xPub in 'BIP32 Root Key'.
  • Select 'BIP32' in 'Derivation Path'.
  • Addresses will now be created and you can see your addresses in generated ones.

Note: Your xPub must never be shared with people other than you trust because once someone has your xPub, they can track all your transactions corresponding to that key.

As long you have a backup of wallet or seed, you can recover your bitcoins even if their site goes down.

The site is down how can you even login in the first place.

The term safe is a big deal for online exchanges. All exchanges are prone to shutdown even the regulated one. Just use their features that suits your needs but never intend to used it as a long term wallet or for storage purposes.

I believe a persistent chain split would be a disaster for Bitcoin and will almost certainly lead to one of the altcoins taking over Bitcoin's role. Probably Litecoin as it is the closest cousin to Bitcoin in spirit, which is why I have diversified part of my coins into LTC a while ago. I don't see Ethereum taking over, it's just too centralized and can't scale nearly as well as LTC can. Also Ether supply has no limit, which is a no-no.

The beauty here is that when network split, you will have coins on each network.  Even if the price goes down 50% on one chain and the price on another chain remain, I think you can see the scenario here,  you profit 50% from the chain split.  But the price would be unknown since the event is yet to happen.   If the chain is bound to split then it would be the best time to buy Bitcoin since you can have bitcoin on either chain, thus profit is expected.

Such demand did exist but it all went into alt-coins because BTC could not take on the capacity of new users because blocks were full. Segwit will release this bottleneck and all the users that bought alt-coins will flow back into BTC.

Total crypto market cap went from 20B to over 100B with BTC losing 40% market share. Expect a large % of this market share to come back.

If the price is continuously growing only a really big dump can occur which can lead to bitcoin even being dead.

If there's a pump there will always be a dump, that's how trading goes.  The question is when will be the heavy dump.

That is the biggest drawback with bitcoin as of now. Even though we pay a high fee also sometimes we need to wait hours to get transaction confirmations. But I believe developers will do something to improve otherwise slow people may move to some other potential altcoins. Also, we can't guess the prices based on last time trend because now bitcoin demand is higher compared to a few years ago.