If I look at the current Segwit "adoption rate", not many users are using Segwit transactions. Therefore I´m highly skeptical that Segwit usage will reach a level where it really quadruples the blocksize.

I know that the fork is run by a different group of programmers. Is that a bad thing? Maybe they are actually better than the current Core Devs. Besides, many of the current Core Devs joined just a few years ago. Many of the original Core Devs are not around anymore and have quit the Bitcoin community and Bitcoin development for a variety of reasons.

I can´t help you directly with your question, but maybe the following website already offers what you want to develop!

https://bitinfocharts.com/de/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

You can find some fascinating information there. E.g. there is only a single BTC address with
a balance of more than 100000 Bitcoins (the Bitfinex coldwallet) 

This really proves what a genius Satoshi Nakamoto was. He really designed a beautiful system with the right incentives. This ensures
that neither the miners, nor the developers can make decisions unequivocally (unless they want a minority chain / altcoin). I´d even argue
that the long scaling debate has demonstrated how resiliant Bitcoin is to change, which is good news for all the people, who intend
to use Bitcoins as a store of value or even as their retirement fund.

Why would I order a debit card from Monaco where I have to buy their token when I can order a better card from
a different provider without needing to buy a token? This seems more like one of these use cases where they
wanted to do an ICO at all costs without considering whether the use case requires an ICO at all.

The probable reason is the announcement (or rather the opening of the registration) for the 1st annual
ETC Summit in Hong Kong later this year:

https://twitter.com/barrysilbert/status/903642802554368000

Besides, ETC could benefit hugely, if China or the US crack down on the ICO frenzy surrounding Ethereum which
could crash the ETH price completely.

edit:
https://twitter.com/barrysilbert/status/903615680142082048

Probably another reason, because less supply leads to a price increase. Similar stuff happened with the BTC block reward halving  

What happens to Ethereum when the SEC cracks down on ICOs or heavily regulates them?
What happens to Ethereum when the Chinese government cracks down on ICOs (as they already have announced)?
What happens to Ethereum if a scenario like the DAO happens again and Ethereum splits into two projects again?
...

I wouldn´t be so sure that the ICO market can prosper, if the major governments in the world finally act on this.

More transaction capacity per block. The real question is not, if a hard fork is worth the reward, but rather, which
chain gets the desired BTC ticker symbol at the exchanges.

Your fear of hard forks is unsubstantiated in my opinion, because smaller coins like Monero hard fork all the time
and it works fine, if the majority of the hashrate supports the forked chain.

Your post is misleading. The debit cards are still available in most European countries and therefore are definitely not dead. The only users negatively
affected by this are the users, who are located outside of Europe 
For these people WageCan could theoretically be an alternative.

Wow, that is even more impressive!
I think the problem is that new users of Bitcoin may not be aware of the benefits in terms of fees that
you get if you make a transaction with only 1-2 inputs (and have some patience to wait for confirmations).
Maybe it would be smart to include some kind of hint towards this in the more popular bitcoin wallets in
order to educate new users.

Has anybody an idea why bfxdata.com shows more than 163 million $ as the total sum of margin funding
while bitfinex.com/stats shows "only" 159 million $?
I had the impression that bfxdata was pretty reliable as a source of Bitfinex related information in the past.

By the way, the increase in margin funding during the current bullrun looks really impressive if you
compare it with historical margin funding levels of 1-2 years ago 
https://www.bfxdata.com/swaphistory/usd

You are aware that the TOR browser may not be as anonymous as you think? There are rumours and reports that several intelligence services over the world
(e.g. the CIA) are operating a non-negligible percentage of the entry nodes of the TOR network. By doing this they can identify the
real IP address of a certain percentage of TOR users.

Of course TOR is still more secure than regular browsers, but 100 % anonymity isn´t possible with TOR either!

If you don´t have a job in the US you can cash out 38000 $ worth of BTC per year without paying a single
$ in taxes. If you are content with a modest lifestyle, this amount could actually be enough to live off

Besides, you could always use a debit card that can be funded using BTC and pay at a merchant
directly. If you pay for clothes, groceries and so on using a debit card like this, the 38000 $ could
be sufficient to pay for the remaining costs like rent.

If you don´t care about a fast confirmation you can still get away with very cheap fees.
If you have few inputs to your transaction and you are fine with waiting 12-24 hours, it is still
very easy to send a transaction with sub 1$ fees.

A few days ago I sent a transaction with a single input and attached a ~0.26 $ fee. It confirmed
after rougly 14 hours.

I don´t think that this strange behavior is happening on Bitwala´s end.
You should rather direct your feedback to Bitpay.

(read this link for background information: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitpay-miner-fees-invoices/)

Why do you think that projects like Whoppercoin by Burger King that are build on the Waves platform will increase the price
of the underlying asset? These news may be good on the surface like the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance for Ethereum, but they are actually
quite misleading, because they don´t really support a price increase of the currency and rather simply use the platform or technology.

The only way that I see Waves doing well is if the crypto market in general is doing well (a rising tide
lifts all boats  ).

I´m curious why you are offering this service. Is it pure altruism? Is it
some kind of marketing campaign to improve the image of AntPool?
Is it a promotional offer before you start charging a fee for your service?

If you don´t want to answer that publicly, I´d be content with a personal message.

Thank you HumbertDice!

I have a question regarding the Nitrogensports poker offer. The Loyalty program awards
Nitros for the amount of rake you produce at the poker tables.
Do the earned Nitros expire after some period of time or can you accumulate them in order
to save up for the bigger rewards without having to worry about losing them?
I couldn´t find this information in the rules section or your terms of service.

Thank you for your help!

Besides, the poker site stills shows the old rake table and not the current rake table.
You should really update this, because the rake has been lowered and as a business
it doesn´t make any sense to display higher prices than you actually charge 

I think this is one of the reasons why altcoins have gained in popularity in the last year.
Microtransactions using Bitcoin have become unfeasible since roughly a year due
to the full blocks and the rise in transaction fees.

Several use cases like tip-bots, faucets, micropayments or small donations nowadays can
only be realized using coins with lower transaction fees.

The problem with your plan of action is, that in the case your computer is compromised your
2FA software is compromised as well. This kind of defeats the purpose of Two-Factor-Authentification.
Therefore I would strongly advise you to acquire a cheap, used, smartphone, which you use
exclusively for 2FA.

If you decide to ignore my warning, you can probably use one of the available apps like Google 2FA or
FreeOTP (https://freeotp.github.io/) using an Android Emulator for Windows.
Basically any program that supports HOTP and TOTP should do the trick.

You could also use the following service, which offers a website based 2FA solution:
http://gauth.apps.gbraad.nl/

However, I have never used this site before and therefore can´t make a comment on the trustworthiness
of this particular website.

Kraken is earning money from fees and traders that use bots generate a ton of volume compared to a casual customer.
Therefore it is completely understandable that they have to take into account how a business decision will affect
the bots that operate on their platform.

In terms of value a single active bot is probably preferable to hundreds of casual small time traders for Kraken