The Rockets are playing well but Mike D'Antoni's best teams always did well in the regular season. It's in the playoffs where they have struggled in the past.

The Golden State Warriors have a much better defense and a much better half-court game. The Rockets look real nice right now but let's see when things slow down in a seven-game series. Not only has D'Antoni fallen short many times in key playoff series, so has Chris Paul.

That list seems to be carefully curated. 5Dimes, which is one of the most reputable sportsbooks in the world, is not listed there but they do accept Bitcoin.

https://www.5dimes.eu/PopUpsFromChart/bitcoin.html

Here is a more accurate list of books that take Bitcoin with ratings I would personally trust:

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/betting-sites/bitcoin-sportsbooks/

Also shows you what type of bonus you can expect when signing up.

Especially with so many token projects on it. 22 of the top 23 tokens (in the top 100 via coinmarketcap) are on the Ethereum network. That alone shows the value of ether (meaning there is a demand).

Why VLB over PolicyPal?

Fair question. Take a look at this story: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-travel-stocks/online-travel-sites-getting-squeezed-by-airbnb-hotel-chains-idUKKBN1D7363

So you can see that the common practice now is to use Expedia, etc. to search for hotels, book and so on. They take a large chunk of the hotels booking.

It's like travel agencies back in the day. They took huge cuts, were inefficient and got greedy. Tech replaced them. Now these guys have gotten greedy. New platforms can make it more efficient, more transparent and cut out these costs so customers and hotels save/have incentive to use it.

I'm a big believer in blockchain/cryptos because they cut out the middle man and one area where I believe where that can really be a factor is with travel platforms. The middlemen (Agoda, Expedia, etc) make a lot of money and there is a more efficient way to handle bookings.

There are a number of upcoming travel ICOs. Does anyone have any advice? Anyone have any opinions on these or others?

I see TravelBlock, a Canadian company, Concierge, launching on NEO, and TravelChain. I'm sure there are others.

I heard of CrowdViz back in November (they accepted card) but not many do.

Keep in mind that ICOs are grey area in the United States and many ICOs don't allow Americans right now. That being the case, accepting payments from Visa/MastserCard could get them in trouble too, so they are not readily involved.

I've heard the Binance is looking to become a decentralized exchange at some point. Maybe some other options popping up soon too (via ICOs) like NEX.

Wouldn't that help the problem?

So essentially, I would get a certain amount of tokens. That's locked in at time I make the purchase. So if I bought 2 ETH worth to get 2000 tokens, it's still 2 ETH and 2000 tokens no matter what.

What I'm confusing myself with is the exchange, which in general is relevant but not necessarily right here. I guess I'm speaking out loud and answering my own question now. That makes sense as the number of tokens is the same it's just the price of ETH vs USD that is fluctuating.

Thanks. I'm going to research WAVES. I really haven't spent much time with it but seems like there's a consensus here.

Yeah it's a pretty expensive practice and you're somewhat late into the game.

I'm monitoring and ICO that's been going on for a month and I have a couple of basic questions:

1. You have to use ETH to but this particular token. As the ICO goes on, the token price changes. I.E. for some people, they paid 0.30 cents a token but now ETH has dropped and they are paying 0.20 cents. Is that better or worse?

2. When you make the purchase in the ICO, doesn't it lock-in the price? Or will it fluctuate until the end of the ICO and THEN execute the purchase. I.E. it doesn't matter what you paid at the time, it matters what you paid at the conclusion of the ICO?

Very handy. Always used the site but never used the tabs!

I personally HODL ETH as I view it as the top blockchain in terms of what ICO's and projects use. If your opinion(s) out there, who do you think are their biggest competitors in terms of ICO's and blockchain projects?

I have heard that NEO is one of them but I'm curious to know who else could challenge them in that regard.

Not sure how many people noticed but the cost of sending BitCoin has dropped significantly of late. One of the biggest complaints about BitCoin vs altcoins is the speed in the cost. Lightning is supposed to solve the speed issue and it appears that the cost issue isn't so much of a problem these days.

The average cost was about $26 but now it's down to about $3.

My question is what effect do you think this will have on altcoins? In my view, this makes BitCoin more attractive. And secondly, does anyone believe this is a long-term change (the drop in price) or is this merely temporary?

It's an interesting question because millenials don't view gold as having the same type of value as previous generations. If people don't need wedding bands, gold earrings, gold teeth...and the demand for it goes down, what happens then?

And nobody actually holds gold these days. Few people get gold bars delivered to their homes/keep it in a safe. You own it but someone else holds it. That's why for millenials, BitCoin can work as gold.