Could you be more specific? - don't quite understand your question.

You could also dip your toe in the water first with some of the more traditional investment models:
http://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/how-invest-bitcoin-marijuana-etfs?nopaging=1

Then once you're savvy to how the overall market works you could be more direct in your trading.

I just recommend going slow - there will always be opportunity in the future - let them come to you!

Bluzelle is hosting a Decentralized Database Hackathon October 21-22 in Vancouver.

Attendees will be mentored by engineers and judged by blockchain specialists and VC specialists.

Prizes will range from $100 to $500 CAD in crypto per winning team, spread across a max of 3 - Nano S or Trezor wallets.

See here for details - https://www.picatic.com/DatabaseTechHackathon

If you can be in town, come on down and bring your friends for this fun event!

Congrats!

Currently wills are legal documents that say who gets what once you're 6 feet under.

It costs money to have one done, and to have one executed, and even then the people you intended your stuff for have to face the inheritance taxes and possible red-tape to get what you intended for them.

Using Bitcoin and smart contracts I can potentially move my assets out of the hands of taxation and then pass it to my loved one's the same way some people form Family Trusts today.

So is this the end of the traditional Will?

There were so many media issues that could be attributed to today's rush into bitcoin:
- bombing in UK train
- NKorea firing missiles over Japan

There were also other issues that could have pushed it further down:
- JP Morgan CEO calling it a fraud
- China shutting down exchanges (Although I've read this was because they want further regulation before continuing so this piece of news could be taken either way)

Do you think the dip is done or is today's rally just a bull trap?

Great attitude!

Feel free to suggest to me which specific alts you're interested in and I'd be happy to analyze them.

You guys are welcome to comment on my conjecture!  Am I off my rocker or am I at least 50% right?

Disclaimer: I own no bitcoin and am not trying to scare the bejesus out of anybody who does or doesn't.

This image is my analysis on an xe.com screenshot of the last 1 year of XBT as USD:


Raw armchair analysis here - the takeaway is that the current bitcoin value of $3381 is a key point of support, if broken thorough the next point of support is $2500.  The green lines show some volatility in 2016/2017,  Feb-July 2017 in yellow lines shows increased volatility with a peak in June when there was some negative news to take the shine off Bitcoin temporarily, but really April to September in blue lines have seen 3x the variability of early 2017.

Looks like the volume has been dropping off recently - previously the volume increased with price (suggesting lots of agreement between buyers and sellers on price), but the price has come down and so has volume - suggests the buyers/sellers are having difficulties with the current price.  Buyers may be thinking the price will go lower, sellers may be thinking this is just a dip.

I think the next 48 hours are going to be pretty telling.

Good luck to all!

I should've asked all my q's at once, sorry! - what language do you need the tech writer to write in?

Thanks aleksej996 - sometimes people feel companies are trying to get some "free consulting" by giving them a problem to solve, but I'll try to be clear of my intentions and see what they say!

Ok, I'll be the genesis here...  Some theoretical questions I could ask are:
- What is cold storage and how does it work?
- Difference between POW and POS?
- From a technical standpoint, what's a smart contract, where is a smart contract, how does a smart contract work?

When recruiting I tend to look for intelligence (looking at a problem from more than one angle) and engineering mindset (leverage critical thinking to solve the problem) over a skillset (Guru level Solidity developer).

I'd appreciate hearing what you guys think are good interview questions to mine a good engineer from a group of applicants.

I'm recruiting engineers for our team and have an extensive network here in Vancouver.  If you want I can ping my network to see if there are any Writers looking for a gig - where in the world are you guys located, and are you looking for a contract writer or a permanent staff member?