Found this interesting piece that goes back into history and tries to identify why a rally will sustain or not -
Some valid points - some not so agreeable -  essentially gist is that institutional investors/backing is driving the rally - so as long as there are new ones, ( like the recent BNY Mellon ) , the rally will continue

https://pythoslabs.medium.com/why-bitcoin-is-here-to-stay-b4e9a032a0f9?sk=a06522d2191a6a821b78971e427494d0

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/woman-steals-bitcoins-worth-rs-3-7cr-nabbed/amp_articleshow/74719751.cms

Am assuming full trust with the founders when I deposit my btc in startups. Is there a way I can be smarter about this ?

Wondering if any one has any experience/ reviews / pointers on blockfi ( blockfi.com  )

They claim to give 5% interest rate on your BTC deposits ( https://blockfi.com/rates/ ) .
They are backed by the Winklevoss brothers (https://winklevosscapital.com/portfolio/)

Just wanted to check with the experienced folks here before I make an investment here .
Any pointers will be good .

Hi,
I was wondering if the site nafa.in is reliable and trust worthly wrt buying coupons using bitcoins ? Anyone has prior experience in buying coupons on this site ?

Hi,
I wanted some feed back on using purse.io to buy goods from amazon.in using BTC . Has anyone tried it ? What are your feedbacks on this ?

[Official press release regarding the NiceHash security breach]

"Official press release regarding the NiceHash security breach

Unfortunately, there has been a security breach involving NiceHash website. We are currently investigating the nature of the incident and, as a result, we are stopping all operations for the next 24 hours.
Importantly, our payment system was compromised and the contents of the NiceHash Bitcoin wallet have been stolen. We are working to verify the precise number of BTC taken."

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Check out more details at https://www.nicehash.com/

Anyone using any advertising networks on their faucet / sites to earn in BTC ? ( like a-ads etc ? ) Want to know the feed back from these sites and to know which one give better PPC /PPV / CPM .
P.S: I have been using a-ads for quite some time - wanted to know if there are any alternates for it

Thanks

So they cancelled the hard fork. Now the BTC prices should see some downward slope ??

"Advocates for a bitcoin hard fork have now decided to cancel plans for the so-called SegWit2x fork. The bitcoin blockchain was supposed to split into two blockchains in roughly 8 days."

https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/08/segwit2x-backers-cancel-plans-for-bitcoin-hard-fork/

Does any one know which of the exchanges have promised to give the depositors a 1:1 coin for the BTCs that they hold in the exchange wallets ? (Since crypto exchanges control the private keys and not the people who have deposited their money there, they are not legally bound to give the holders a share of the BTG coins )

Do you know if i hold my BTC in wallets by zebpay/uno coin, they might issue a 1:1 BTG for every BTC ?

Hi,
Not sure if this is discussed here - But wanted to check if there are any long term effects on the GPU/CPU/ Motherboard if I keep the PC running for mining - without breaks . I stop the mining process once in a day and give a break for 30 minutes . I have attached an additional fan ( in total there are 3 fans in the setup)

Here are the CPU/GPU temperatures on a normal day -

+- ASUS PRIME Z270-P (/mainboard)
+- Intel Core i7-6700K (/intelcpu/0)
|  +- CPU Core #1    :     45 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/0)
|  +- CPU Core #2    :     54 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/1)
|  +- CPU Core #3    :     49 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/2)
|  +- CPU Core #4    :     55 (/intelcpu/0/temperature/3) 
+- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (/nvidiagpu/0)
+- GPU Core       :   63 (/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0)  - Goes to 73
GPU Fan : 1246 RPM

In addition, the CPU is cooled by a copper tubed ( coolermaster hyper 212) and the Graphics card ( EVGA geforce 1070 ) comes with twin fans.
The temperatures in CPU goes upto  80 sometimes and the GPU goes to 70 sometimes.


Wanted to know if the components will burn out / wear out faster than the usual lifespan if I keep it as a dedicated machine for mining 24/7

Any pointers are appreciated.

Anyone mining ZCASH ?

Am using AMD Radeon HD 6450 - ( quad core 16 GB RAM )
and niceminer (nheqminer.exe) for windows and using suprnova pool . Have configured for using GPUs too but
am getting around 7.69 to 8 Sols/s. Is this quite low for this configuration or is it just about the speed that one can get with this config ?

Any pointers are appreciated.

[0x00000484] Speed [300 sec]: 4.13667 I/s, 7.66333 Sols/s

Hi ,
Is there a thread that focuses on alt coin mining ( specifically for the India group ?)
can you please point to that

Regards
merc