De rien, pour l'instant www.mistertango.com (j'ai ouvert mon compte il y a peu, il y a meme une mastercard de disponible). Ou bien il y a epayments.com (il faut leur poser la question, je sais qu'ils transferent de bitcoin > EUR si c'est du mining par exemple).

His discussions by email with Satoshi Nakamoto are still visible on the old forum for those who would like to have a read.


Not sure what you mean by "all the best" but Hal Finney is no longer on Earth, sadly (passed away in August 2014).


"Finney thing"? A little bit of respect please if it is not too much to ask.

Hi folks.
I wanted to raise this quick question: while BTC and ETH are powered by the principle of distributed ledgers and cryptography, the two differ in many technical ways and they also differ in purpose. Bitcoin is a so-called currency, while Ethereum is developed as a platform which facilitates P2P contracts and applications via its own currency vehicle. The primary purpose of ETH is not to be a payment solution (to my knowledge).
I sold almost all my BTC, my portfolio is now 80% ETH and it annoys me a little to see how ETH struggles to gain value whenever bitcoin's price drops (actually I am exaggerating a little, since January 1st ETH is doing alright compared to BTC but still you get my point).

Any opinion welcome.
Thanks.  

And stop being blind please, there is no blinder man then the one who refuses to see.
Yes, countries such as France committing to a "fight" against crypto-currencies is a big deal.
Being aware of it is the first step for better decisions in the future.
Ignoring it as it does not happen is silly.
Some facts (not related to France):
-Visa locks down bitcoin payment cards
-Mastercard issued by WaveCrest locked down as well (see Advcash, Payeer there are threads about it here)
-JPMorgan Chase & Co halting purchases of bitcoin
France will take a number of restrictive measures very soon (I am from there, everyone is expecting it would be naive to think otherwise). Germany will do the same thing, they are like brothers.

I am not saying crypto-currencies will be dead soon, but 2018 will be a year of transition, massive regulations. Knowing about it before you decide to buy/sell is better than keeping your eyes closed and say "don't be weak dawg, everything is gonna be alright."

My 2 cents.  

So here we go, bitcoin is not a currency.
Sad to read this, but well what you say is true and it is the reality of today. When I read the original paper though... would love to be inside the bitcoin community just for 24 hours to know what's the real mindset now and what they plan to do in the future 

Which option did you choose to cash out your bitcoin? I know their rates are very poor (they take a hug margin) but I think it's better to pick the Exmo option (they offer the best rates).
About withdrawals to bank cards, they are unavailable for obscure reasons, I have 1300 EUR stuck there. No panic yet but I hope something will be done very soon.

Malte ne taxe pas les revenus mondiaux non "remittés" (reversés) à Malte avec le statut "ordinary residency", donc inutile de rapatrier les plus values à Malte juste histoire de se faire taxer.
Les seuls critères c'est de payer un loyer, suffisance économique etc... afin d'avoir l' "ordinary residency".

Ce qui est à déclarer et soumis à l'impôt c'est ce qui est rappatrié à Malte.
 
Exemple, en déposant les plus values sur un compte bancaire allemand, français, suisse, ou autre (tant que c'est pas Malte), la remittance basis est en vigueur (ouvrir un compte Leupay par exemple).
 
L'UK a le même système pour les "non dom".

Voir ce lien pour la remittance basis.  > http://www.bradleyhackford.com/expatriation-malte-residence-fiscale-malte/
"Les revenus de source internationale et non rapatriés à Malte ne sont pas imposables à Malte comme pour les autres régimes que nous décrivons.
Ce régime est généralement celui qui est choisi par les ressortissants européens. "
 
 
Donc ce que ne prennent pas en compte ceux qui disent que Malte n'est pas intéressant, c'est qu'il n'est pas nécessaire d'ouvrir une société à Malte (ou être employé) pour avoir la résidence et d'y déclarer tous ses revenus maltais.
 
L'ordinary residency est accordée pour "Economic self-sufficiency" également.
 
http://www.factgroup.net/library/SiteImages/NEWfactsheets/newfact-sheets/residence%20permit.pdf
https://identitymalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CEA-Form-J-B.pdf

Dans la plupart des autres pays, les conditions sont bien + importantes (avoir un job...etc)

En Europe, il n'y en a pas d'autres avec ce système de remittance basis je crois.
 
En général, la politique fiscale ne change pas du jour au lendemain, il n'y a qu'en France là encore que c'est un sport national de tricoter/détricoter les règles fiscales.


Il y aussi la possibilite d'ouvrir une societe a Hong Kong par exemple (tu payes 0% de taxe), j'ai une connaissance qui est a Malte et a sa societe de conseils en paris sportifs a Hong Kong, ca doit etre assez simple de pouvoir faire la meme chose avec les crypto-monnaies (societe bidon, il faut juste le nom d'une secretaire, enfin se renseigner d'abord, il y a Belize aussi).

Because France has massive public debts due to huge public expenses, it's a very socialist country, welfare is huge in comparison to other nations in Europe. In the meantime the hard workers don't earn that much money (they will pay between 22% to 30% of taxes every month + at least one full monthly salary of tax once a year). For instance someone earning 2000 EUR/month will pay:
-500 EUR of charges every month (immediately deducted)
-additional (circa) 2000 EUR a year
> (500 * 12) + 2000 = total of circa 8000 EUR of yearly taxes for a monthly salary of 2000 EUR.

For someone earning 3000 EUR to 5000 EUR a month, this is even worse.

Yes that's correct, the government tries his very best to take the most they can from workers in order to pay for the public debt (which will never be paid in full anyway). Add to that massive privileges given to politicians, senators, etc. this needs to be paid by the average workers too.

How come anyone can even imagine that such a country will support a concept that allows to "hide" money in a crypto-currency wallet?
Investments, activities related to digital money will be highly taxed and very monitored in France, very soon and that does not come as a surprise to me.  

ICO still ongoing. I hear people talk about this project more and more now. A quick presentation (Youtube > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhkowUGG_i4 )
More trusted service thanks to blockchain technology is exactly what the BNB market needs at the moment.

You guys have misread I think, or OP did not make his point clear but he probably meant price would go from 6k to 5k (hence one more 1k down). Anyway, that's was my thought too but looks like I am wrong here, price is again above 7k and looks comfortable there for now.
Not sure about the middle term, depends a lot about regulations (or proposals) from big countries.
+ bitcoin cards issues is still an underrated concern (in my humble opinion).

By the way, website shared by OP is not a reliable source at all, there is no official traffic from SimilarWeb data > https://www.similarweb.com/website/kryptous.com

@Support1bbot who is your trusted escrow?
As aTriz just said, this looks very fishy and suspicious, it's better to stay away from this, and save your time for something else.
And thanks aTriz for the warning.

After a month and a few days, list of the main currencies here with the growth or decline since January 1st > https://www.cointimemachine.com/top-100-best-cryptocurrency-list-2018/
Top one so far: VeChain +63% followed by NEO (not a surprise) +29%.
I think ETH is doing alright given the context of the market.  

No, you do not get it. It's not because you think this way that Merit sources think the same.

And Jesus 120 pages in two weeks... this system is not perfect but it is far better than the old system. Time to get over it guys.

No they won't ban bitcoin, I can guarantee France will not ban bitcoin because France (Macron) cares a LOT about their image, Macron wants France to look modern, friendly towards technology, etc. There won't be any ban. But believe me they will make everything possible to track every payments made with bitcoin, tax everything they can (as usual, nothing new here).
This will make bitcoin much less attractive than before.

I can even picture the following: French residents allowed to buy/sell only from exchange platforms owning a license in France. This is exactly what happened to sports betting companies back in 2010.

Japan has almost a unique position towards bitcoin in east Asia (looks like Singapore is bitcoin friendly too). In Europe, there are a few countries like Belarus, Cyprus, Malta which try to attract the money by taking a similar position.

Now the way I see it: bitcoin can have a future, but this future will need to rely on the big efforts of a few countries (the ones mentioned above + a few others), which means it will take a lot of time, especially if in the same time USA, Germany France decide to take restrictive measures.

2018 looks like it could be a year of transition:
-Lightning Network getting more and more adopted
-regulations in most western countries (already happening)
-more and more restrictions regarding services offering a bitcoin mastercard + services like Advcash (bitcoin related), Payeer, affected by these measures

So 2018 all things considered is not looking great for those looking at a short term profit.
But it could be an opportunity to get bitcoin at a lower price, see how G20 summit unfolds in April, see if Lightning Network gets more and more used, and (back on topic) see if the bitcoin friendly countries can push bitcoin on the way up again.

Looks like there is a support (sort of) right now at $6,000, let's see if it lasts as long as the previous support at $7,500.
It has a little bit bounced back up to $6150 but this is exactly what happened few days ago.
What's strange is that everything is down, crypto currencies but also Wall Street?
Where's the money going right now? Gold?

Hi folks,

I think 2018 will be a crucial year for bitcoin. Price is going down and will probably keep going down for a while, but if we forget all speculation talk, do you think bitcoin can survive and become a real currency with LN technology?

For me, the fact that bitcoin does not promote anonymity anymore is perhaps a good thing. Let's be honest, our western governments will never allow anything for anonymous payments.
So the point is not to escape (totally) from the system. To pay taxes, I am personally fine with it.

Whether it is an exchange currency, independent from banks and especially not held by central bank allows to have a global reference.

In my mind, you pay taxes on each payment. It's called "bank operating costs". And banks stuff themselves like crazy. In 30 years these banks managed to lay down their law whereas they were only intended to make exchanges fluid (and for instance help producing wealth). We saw that this system is wobbly, but some organizations have become too big to fail (therefore  "above the laws" of the market and democracy).

Instead of paying these fees to the banks, you pay a fee to the miners AND to the government (tax). Instead of paying the fee to a bank, you feed the redistribution of wealth at the State level. The State finds again some control over its currency, and uses a neutral and free of intermediary payment vector.  

The fact that the quantity is limited? Yes maybe it is an issue. But it is divisible almost to infinity. So we can talk in BTC or satoshi, it's just a change of reference. Knowing that in absolute terms,  there is no value reference it does not bother me (but speculation will need to be stopped at some point and I believe that's what is happening right now).

Then bitcoin is not a way to help the "dark market". It's just a technology that eliminates the trust 3rd party in a transaction.      

Right, this is purely a mathematical vision but it's worth a discussion!

Your prediction deserves more credit than it has received on this topic (understandably so in a way given that most are losing money).
I was still waiting for the support of $7,500 and see how the market would behave. The first time, bitcoin price went from $7,700 to $9,000 within a few hours, but yesterday it decided to break this support, I immediately sold my bitcoin to EUR and will certainly buy again around $5,000 or below.
Guys, take this opportunity to do the right thing right now. Instead of getting depressed and whining, see the opportunity and trade. There are not too many analysts agreeing on a price going below $5,000, it is not too late to profit from it.
Just my opinion (not an advice).  

It's been a while since the last I have seen an ICO that looks really solid and serious, CryptoBNB is one of these IMO.
There was Stamps Platform also but they stopped their ICO due to regulations in Mexico, sadly.

CryptoBNB was again mentioned in an article that you can read here
really excited with this one, this could be the start of a great story.

So Baidu launches in-house BaaS (Block-chain-as-a-Service).

Is this good or bas for bitcoin and other existing coins and tokens?
I see LINE (the equivalent of Whatsapp in China/Taiwan) is also planning to launch something.

https://www.coindesk.com/search-giant-baidu-launches-blockchain-as-a-service-platform/