A battle has been brewing among Bitcoin ecosystem participants for quite some time now. If taken at face value, then the battle is all about how Bitcoin should scale (bigger blocks, Segwit, Lightning Network, or ). However, as time goes by, and more pieces of the puzzle fall into place, it is becoming more and more apparent that the battle is actually a front for at least two hidden agendas. That is a complicated topic, one which I will save for another occasion. I promise to post my opinion on such soon. For now I simply wish to point out the main reason why Bitcoin will reach new all time highs in the near future. More here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/speculation-bitcoin-will-reach-new-all-time-highs-just-before-the-segwit2x-fork
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Since the SEC (the USA's security regulatory and enforcement arm) determined that the DAO was a security , and thus subject to its regulations, there have been many ICOs that block Americans from participating in them. Since this has become common practice, I often come across people espousing such a procedure as a way of legitimizing ICOs. Although such efforts may seem to solve the issue at hand (operating ICOs outside of traditional securities laws and regulations), it is actually not the silver bullet ICO proponents are hoping it to be.
More here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/icos-banning-americans-the-not-so-silver-bullet
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They say that 90 percent of startups fail. That is an exaggerated statistic, but nonetheless creating a successful startup is hard indeed. I posit that ICOs, alternative cryptocurrencies etc. are much of the same. There are over 1000 alternative cryptocurrencies that have been created throughout the years, yet around 90% of them have effectively “failed”. Furthermore, ICOs are plagued by several risks that startups are not largely at risk for. So perhaps the 90% statistic is not so exaggerated when it comes to ICOs. Let’s explore the likelihood that any arbitrary ICO will be successful.
Read more here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/icos-most-icos-will-fail
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Bitcoin Cash effectively split away from the Bitcoin main chain on August 1st, 2017. While there were many concerns over what may or could happen during the split, the transition actually went quite smooth thanks to developers from both forks. Bitcoin has now reached new all time highs. There is much sensible speculation that the Bitcoin Cash UASF fork forced Bitcoin to activate Segwit (a protocol that can fix/do a lot of different things, along with offer higher transaction scalability http://segwit.co/). It is nice to see that some progress is being made on these fronts, and the market is certainly reflecting that progress with Bitcoin reaching new all time highs the past few days. But how will Bitcoin Cash fair? More here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/bitcoin-fork-fork-me-yes-please
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Ideally everyone could do their own research and we'd let the free market work it out, but unfortunately modern-day governments are in love with over regulating and over complicating anything and everything. As a result, they hinder and slow down innovation, technology and business. The most recent example of such is with the SEC issuing a press release yesterday regarding ICOs which provides (some- unfortunately it provided more questions than answers) clarification as to how they are applicable to security laws and regulations. You can read it here: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/investreport/34-81207.pdf. In a nutshell, they determined that the DAO, a failed Ethereum ICO that ultimately caused Ethereum's hard fork into two chains (ETH and ETH Classic), was a security which was applicable to SEC's laws and regulations regarding securities. A lot more here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/icos-are-all-icos-securities-my-take-on-yesterdays-sec-press-release
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Backstory:The date is January 3, 2109, and it has been exactly 100 years since Bitcoin’s genesis block was mined. A lot sure has transpired since then. With a market capitalization of just under 100 trillion US dollars, Bitcoin has become the world’s reserve currency. There effectively isn’t anyone in the civilized world that doesn’t know what Bitcoin is or anyone that hasn't used Bitcoin at some point in their lifetime. The considerable success Bitcoin inevitably achieved since its inception has resulted in ever-growing complexity surrounding the path Bitcoin development should take. Consensus cannot be established as to the future of the Bitcoin protocol, and Bitcoin has once again entered extremely hostile and volatile territory as the complexity (and mudslinging) intensifies. A “civil war” of sorts has broken out among Bitcoin’s market participants, and everyone is choosing a side! The miners are focused on increasing the block size in order to keep as many transactions as possible on the blockchain to make sure mining stays as profitable as possible. The stakeholders are interested in changing the proof of work algorithm to one that can only be mined on GPUs so that Bitcoin mining can be more decentralized than it is with ASIC mining. The press is engrossed in implementing several highly experimental features (and creating many forks) to increase revenues from the extra attention that the ensuing hysteria generates. The developers are keen on developing and implementing a much improved “second layer” that will reduce transaction fees, increase the speed of irreversible transactions, and bring additional features to Bitcoin. The first faction to obtain enough power within the Bitcoin ecosystem will get their way. Until then, things will likely get real ugly… Which side are you on? I am interested in connecting with those interested in tradable card games. I have an outline of the design, including a backstory, objective, rules, rarity, expansion plans, and prospective cards. All of which is very premature and subject to change. I am looking for people who are interested in helping me test and change the design/gameplay/rules/cards. We already have a group formed that are working on the game. PM me if you think you may be interested.
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"For good reason, Smart Contracts are all the rage nowadays. Smart Contracts extend the utility of decentralized blockchain technology tremendously- to an almost unlimited amount of use cases. Smart contracts are a truly revolutionary technology, similar to personal computers, the internet or smart phones. However, I am concerned regarding the scalability of currently existing smart contract platforms. As more ICOs pop up and more projects are developed, the stress on these smart contract platforms will likely grow very quickly. It is not insane to posit that they will grow exponentially as the cryptocurrency/blockchain space gains more awareness." More here: https://www.decentralized.tech/blogs/smart-contracts-scalability-is-worrying
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My portfolio has been at the top of the portfolio leaderboards for at least a few days now. There are at least a few reasons for this, and I would like to dive into some of the dynamics. When the cryptocurrency ecosystem enters "bear market" mentality, holding more established cryptocurrencies with larger network effects will usually perform better than high risk high reward tokens, such as many of the newly released ICOs. Alternatively, when the cryptocurrency ecosystem shows signs of a bull market, high risk high reward tokens should generally perform better than Bitcoin. The charts don't lie, so I will not waste time proving why this is true, but instead I would like to explore why this is true. Read more here: https://www.decentralized.tech/forums/general-portfolio-discussion/analysis-the-network-effect
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NEW (11/18/2017) Twitter Giveaway: https://twitter.com/DecentralizTech/status/932000770286866433Decentralized.Tech Bounties:- Earn up to $110! $50 - 6 user limit - First 6 users to earn the Knowledge Dropper badge. - Only links and technology submissions will be counted towards the bounty.6 out of 6 $50 bounties have already been claimed.$25 - 4 user limit - First 4 users to earn the Keyboard Warrior badge. - Spam posts will not count towards this bounty. Spam posts will be deleted and automatically removed from your total post count. Repeat occurrences of posting spam will result in a temporary ban, and then a permanent ban if you continue to spam after your temporary ban.4 out of 4 $25 bounties have already been claimed.$25 - 4 user limit - First 4 users to earn the Crypto Hipster badge. - No restrictions. Anything that is rateable (Technologies and Links) applies towards the bounty. $5 - 10 user limit - First 10 users to earn the Portfolio Wizard badge. - Only include coins coins in your portfolio that are in the top 150 in market capitalization. 10 out of 10 $5 bounties have already been claimed.$5 - 10 user limit - First 10 users to create a public portfolio. - No restrictions. Create a portfolio, and make it public.10 out of 10 $5 bounties have already been claimed.More information on how to earn user badges can be found:Here: https://www.decentralized.tech/forums/general-discussion/changelog-development-updatesor Here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1971829.msg19757089#msg19757089How to Participate:1. Register for an account on www.decentralized.tech2. Verify your email 3. Add your Bitcointalk profile link to your decentralized.tech profile. 3a. Find the link to your Bitcointalk Profile by clicking Profile on the top navigation bar, then "Summary" under "Profile Info" on the left navigation bar. The address that shows up is the address to your Bitcointalk Profile. It should include your user number. IE. Mine is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=67959;sa=summary3b. Click on the "User Control Panel" drop down selection after logging into Decentralized.Tech, and select "Profile". Then select the "Edit Social Media Links" tab and enter the link to your Bitcointalk profile under "Bitcointalk Profile Link". If successful, a link to your Bitcointalk profile should show up at the top of your profile. It is a button with the Bitcoin symbol on it. You can see how it shows up on my profile here: https://www.decentralized.tech/profiles/CoinHoarder4. As soon as you have earned one of the badges, then let me know by posting in one of the following threads: Decentralized.Tech thread: https://www.decentralized.tech/forums/general-discussion/bounties-win-up-to-110Bitcointalk Decentralized.Tech thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1971829or Bitcointalk Services thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=19854524a. Include the Bitcoin address where you wish to receive payment.
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Hello all, I would like to welcome you to a web site I have been developing! I am still putting the final touches on everything, but I would like to invite ya'll to come try out the website if you would like! Things are still a little rough around the edges, so please pardon the mess! This web app is powered by Meteor and written with much love and frustration in Javascript, Node.js, CSS, and HTML. Features:Market Data (similar to Coin Market Cap) - Mobile Device FriendlyPrice and Volume Graphs (24 hours, 7 days, and historical) Portfolio Value Tracking and Discussion (keep your portfolio private, or view and discuss any certain public portfolios) (public portfolio values are obfuscated, and other users can only see the percentage of each coin held in a portfolio- not the amount owned) Blog Posts (sortable by various social metrics, and discuss specific blog posts) Portfolio Leaderboards (the best performing portfolios the past hour, 24 hours, and 7 days) Cryptocurrency-specific Information, Statistics, Links, and Discussion(filterable by cryptocurrency) User Dashboards (portfolio statistics, market data for followed cryptocurrencies, and recent replies to followed topics/posts. Eventually, everything that is followed will show up in some way or another here. Feedback as to how to implement it is more than welcome.) General Cryptocurrency Links, Reviews, and Discussion (both individual discussions and category discussions) (filterable by category, subcategory, and applicable cryptocurrencies) Decentralized Technologies, Reviews, and Discussion (both individual discussions and category discussions) (filterable by category, and cryptocurrencies implemented in) Forums (with labels for topic subjects for categorization within subforums, topics are sortable by social parameters such as likes, follows, etc., and there is the ability to reply directly to a reply in a forum topic rather than to the topic itself.) Profiles (with avatar support, personal information, social metrics, and social media profile links) The following entities are both likable and followable, with social metrics under a tab in your profile: Cryptocurrencies Portfolios Links & Reviews Technologies Users Forum Posts Development Roadmap:- Higher Efficiency (lowering the latency and load time) - User Dashboard (with a news feed for anything that you have followed, and market data for cryptocurrencies you have followed) - Increased Mobile Compatability (making sure the site looks good on mobile phones will usurp utility via features) - Advanced Portfolios (which can keep track of the values bought and sold at, and track exact performance of a portfolio) - Remove Reliance On CMC API (aggregate market data directly from exchanges rather than CMC's API) - International Support (alternative language and currency support for international users) Your feedback is more than welcome. I look forward to seeing you guys around the site.
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I have a list of categories and subcategories of things having to do with cryptocurrencies.
Some are for specific cryptocurrencies (IE. Bitcoin Web Site, Bitcoin Whitepaper, etc.)
Some are for all cryptocurrencies in general (IE. Exchanges, Forums, Stores, etc.)
I would like to organize these lists as best as possible.
Cryptocurrency-Specific Statistics and Links: Cryptocurrency-Specific Main Links Website Original Announcement Wiki Github Whitepaper
Cryptocurrency-Specific Social Media Links Reddit Twitter Facebook Slack Forums Telegram Association
Cryptocurrency-Specific Donation Addresses Developer's Donation Address Association's Donation Address
Cryptocurrency-Specific Social Statistics Facebook Likes Twitter Followers Reddit Subscribers Reddit (Average Users Online) Reddit (Posts Per Hour) Reddit (Comments Per Hour)
Cryptocurrency-Specific Market Statistics/Data: Current Price (USD) Current Price (BTC) 24 Hour Volume (USD) Market Cap (USD) Percent Change (1 Hour) Percent Change (24 Hours) Percent Change (7 Days)
Cryptocurrency-Specific Blockchain Statistics Available Supply Total Supply Premined Mineable Asset Genesis Date Maximum Block Size
Cryptocurrency-Specific Transaction Statistics Average Transactions Per Day Average Transaction Cost Transaction Fees Accumulated Average Amount Transacted Per Day Average Confirmation Time Confirmations Needed To Prevent Double Spends Number Of Unconfirmed Transactions Mempool Size Transactions Possible Per Second
Cryptocurrency-Specific Mining Statistics Block Reward Hash Rate Difficulty Hashrate Distribution Mining Profitability Next Block Reward Reduction
Cryptocurrency-Specific Development Statistics Github Stars Github Watchers Github Forks Github Issues Github Closed Issues Github Merged Pull Requests Github Contributors Github Commits (Last 4 Weeks)
Cryptocurrency-Specific Search Statistics Bing Search Result Count Alexa Website Rank
General Links (not coin-specific): General Cryptocurrency Links Social Media Tools Communities Chats Reviews
General Cryptocurrency Software Paper Wallet Generators Operating Systems Trading Bots
General Cryptocurrency Exchanges FIAT Exchanges Peer To Peer FIAT Exchangers Exchange Rate Calculators Quick Cryptocurrency Exchanges Cryptocurrency Exchanges
General Cryptocurrency Market Data Charts Market Analysis Cryptocurrency Rankings Market Data Visualizations ICOs
General Cryptocurrency Local Meetups / Events Find Local Stores ATM Locators
General Cryptocurrency Gambling Gambling Websites Dice Games Casinos Poker Sports Betting Prediction Markets
General Cryptocurrency Digital Goods and Services VPNs Web Hosting Domain Names VoIP Dating Job Boards Crowd Funding Software Games Flights Hotels
Cryptocurrency Services Mixers Faucets Payment Processors Block Explorers Loans and Lending
General Cryptocurrency Physical Goods and Services Precious Metals Electronics Clothing / Fashion Food Gift Cards Hardware Paper Wallet Generators
General Cryptocurrency Shopping Shopping General Stores Shop Online Marketplaces (Buy & Sell)
General Cryptocurrency Charities Charities
General Cryptocurrency Mining Mining Equipment Mining Calculators Mining Stats Cloud Mining Mining Software
General Cryptocurrency Wallets Web Wallets Wallets Mobile Wallets Hardware Wallets Collectable Wallets SPV Wallets Other Wallets
General Cryptocurrency Entertainment & News Comedy Blockchain Visualizations Podcasts & Shows Free Games News Outlets
General Cryptocurrency Informational Resources General Guides Mining Guides Money Making Guides Other Informational Resources
Decentralized Technologies: Cryptocurrency Distribution Methods Consensus Algorithms Increasing Transaction Capacity Increasing Transaction Speeds Reducing Blockchain Bloat Reducing Transaction Fees Smart Contracts Encrypted Messaging Market Pegged Assets Asset Issuance Account Permissions File Storage File Sharing Block Explorers Economics Markets Exchanges Interoperability Privacy Governance Employment Gambling Exchanges Blockchain Use Cases
If you give me your feedback AND I edit the list based of off your feedback
Then I will send you $5 in BTC. The maximum I will give out is $100 total to 20 different users ($5 each).
If you have a really good and thoughtful post, mainly referring to how to better organize these lists, then I may give you more than $5.
Anything over $5 to any certain user will not count towards the $100 limit.
Who receives credit for what is 100% up to my own discretion, and I reserve the right to end this prematurely. All submissions submitted before the end will at least be considered for payment.
I am mainly looking for how to better organize the list, categories that might could be combined, and categories that I might should add.
This is applicable to a web site I am developing.
This is closed- I am no longer paying for submissions (other than to those that have already made suggestions but have yet to provide a Bitcoin address, or for those that want to continue submitting suggestions whose already submitted suggestions were not paid.) Thanks to those that participated!
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Let's travel back in time to late 2013, when the the cryptocurrency market's value was rising exponentially. Bitcoin and all of the most popular ALT coins of the day were reaching new all time highs. The popular ALT coins back then were Litecoin, Peercoin, Namecoin, Primecoin, Feathercoin and Digitalcoin (among others). All of them were surely going to the moon. It was a simpler time back then in ALT coin land. There were no smart contracts. No DEXs. No purely PoS coins. Cryptocurrencies had no features at all really, as they were simply a way to send money from point A to point B. Life was good and simple. There was a huge influx of new inexperienced cryptocurrency investors that this bubble brought, which sparked a proliferation of IPOs. Maybe this acronym looks familiar to you. It should, as effectively nowadays IPOs are called ICOs. You see, regulatory issues were not a problem 4 years ago. Cryptocurrencies were not to be governed by traditional laws or over regulating governments. (oh, the naivety of simpler times indeed ) The first IPO (from memory) was Mastercoin. It raised about 5000 Bitcoins, which was a mind boggling amount at the time... around $500,000 USD. There was a lot of excitement for the future, and Mastercoin was the next big thing. It had the ability to issue user issued assets and implemented a long theorized concept coined "colored coins". Nowadays, pretty much every new cryptocurrency has this feature. But it was a big deal back then. Then more IPOs started to pop up, and they were (at least initially) quite a success. NXT, Bitshares, Supernet, etc... they were all the real deal and made the original investors quite rich at their initial (first months or so) valuations. Where there is money to be made, people will step up to make it. A proliferation of IPOs occurred for the next couple years. With each one promising to be the latest and greatest, and being a sure bet. You can find most of these IPOs on page 9,999,999,999 of coin market cap. I personally was never much into IPOs, as they were too risky for my blood, but the victims of the IPO craze still linger around these parts every once and awhile. When you see a Legendary or maybe a Hero status forum member bitterly utter "all ICOs are scams" (or something along those lines,) you can be sure they are referring to the greater history of many IPO scams that have come and gone. ------------- Well, history is repeating itself. On one hand we have a great and perceivably successful IPO that made all of its original investors super rich such as Ethereum. (Ethereum is the new Mastercoin in this analogy of a history lesson). You see, all cryptocurrencies will be programmable in the future. Smart contracts are akin to Mastercoin's user issued assets. A supposedly "killer feature" that will be quite basic in a few years time. Then there was a wave of ICOs that did the same to a lesser degree. Stratis, Golem, Waves, Lisk, Augur, etc... (they are all akin to Nxt, Bitshares, Supernet, Etc...) They too will eventually lose their appeal as the latest and greatest cryptocurrencies are incepted in years to come, but they will probably survive... barely (at least until the next bubble). Next comes the wave of ICOs of which 99% ended very badly. As the flames eventually die down, a new generation of people to reiterate the words "ICOs/IPOs are scams" will be born from the ashes. Yes, Ethereum is a bubble, and yes... the ICO you are investing in will very likely be practically worthless in 5 years time. Don't say I didn't tell you so.
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Why can't we all pick a standard chat program for the ALT coin space and stick to it? It is kind of annoying to have to run multiple apps to keep up to date on all the projects you are interested in. Having different projects' chats on different apps is counterintuitive to the ALT coin space as a whole.
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On June 27th, 2017, 16 billion lumens will be given away to Bitcoin holders. This amounts to $856,464,000 USD worth of lumens at today's market value. https://www.stellar.org/blog/bitcoin-claim-lumens-2/I speculate that one or more Bitcoin whales are pumping Stellar in advance of this giveaway. They have incentive to pump Stellar so that their portion of the giveaway coins will be worth much more when the time comes. It is hard to believe these will not be dumped on greater fools once they are given their unproportionally large amount of Lumens for free. I mean really... Stellar is pretty much Ripple minus the large amount of banking partnerships. How much value is really there, and how could that perceived value reasonably cover the recent price surge? IMO- buyer beware.
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EOS.IO is software that introduces a blockchain architecture designed to enable vertical and horizontal scaling of decentralized applications (the “EOS.IO Software”). This is achieved through an operating system-like construct upon which applications can be built. The software provides accounts, authentication, databases, asynchronous communication and the scheduling of applications across multiple CPU cores and/or clusters. The resulting technology is a blockchain architecture that has the potential to scale to millions of transactions per second, eliminates user fees and allows for quick and easy deployment of decentralized applications. For more information, please read the EOS.IO Technical White Paper.
Website: https://eos.io/FAQ: https://eos.io/faqWhitepaper: https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.mdGitHub: https://github.com/eosioTelegram: http://eos.io/chatTwitter: http://twitter.com/eos_ioI am in no way connected or affiliated with EOS or block.one. This has kind of become the thread for EOS on Bitcointalk, so I thought I would edit the OP with links and information. OP May 6, 2017:
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Bitshares is up 71% the past few days. IMO, the Bitshares value rise is a direct result of four things:
1. Diminishing confidence in Tether 2. An increasingly ALT/Bitcoin bear market 3. The fact you can't buy bitUSD on exchanges anymore, therefore you have to buy Bitshares to buy bitUSD. 4. People are hedging a crypto bear market with bitUSD. Notice the uptick on bitUSD volume and market cap the past 3 days.
If bitUSD stays off of centralized exchanges, and bitUSD gains more popularity and maintains the peg, then expect Bitshares to be a sanctuary in a bear market.
But at the same time, also expect it to fall back down when the bear market turns bullish.
What do you guys think?
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Anyone that has been around here for a while probably realizes that the crypto markets are in a bubble. There have been crazy gains over the past year and/or months, and the upward trend is simply unsustainable forever. It may be time to start considering diversifying into more stable assets, such as FIAT/commodity derivatives such as bitUSD, Tether, bitGold, bitSilver, Nubits, etc... (any other suggestions?)
Now, to the point of this thread... my question is not if, but when do you think the bubble will pop? Are we talking weeks, months, or another year+? I know my answer, but I am curious what everyone else thinks.
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I will entertain offers for a domain I purchased a year and a half ago. I bought it for a project, but never followed through with it. Domain: Decentralized.tech No need to submit lowball offers. I would rather hang onto it in that case.
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