Of course, investing in ICO is profitable, especially if you do it right. Perhaps that's why there is such a strong excitement on the ICO, and some of them collect the Hard Cup in a few days or even hours. Investing in ICO can bring good profits and I today read here on the forum a story about how two guys invested in ICO $5000 and today they have $1 million. The most interesting is that there are a lot of such examples and there are still more of them, because business is increasingly looking towards blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency.

Bill Gates and his company Microsoft always and in all adhered to conservative views, but I agree that people over 50 years of age are difficult to understand and accept bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Everything new was always difficult to develop, because it came up against the opinion of the older generation, who does not like everything new.

I agree, but the growth of bitcoin's capitalization over several billion dollars will make its price more stable, since traders will need much larger amounts in order to be able to greatly influence its price. I'm sure we will see this in the next year or two.

The price of bitcoin can fall to hundreds of dollars, but the likelihood that this is going to happen much smaller than the fact that the price bitcoin will be about 1 million dollars. In order to answer your question, it is necessary to remember a good example of history with Laszlo Hanyecz, who became the legend of the world cryptocurrency in 2010, then he bought two pizza 10 of thousands of bitcoin. By the way, recently he repeated the experiment, but this time Laszlo paid 649 thousand satoshi on the Web Lightning and received in share the same two pizza. I think that his torment thought that he could save their bitcoin and at the moment be a millionaire. Although the history of bitcoin then could go otherwise.

Yes, Ripple has a very strong team, but this coin is different from other cryptocurrencies. There are ambiguous thoughts about it. On the one hand, banks are interested in this coin to facilitate transactions and they invest money in it, but on the other hand banks do not like strong price caps of cryptocurrencies for that they criticize bitcoin. Perhaps with an increase in demand for Ripple, banks will begin to push the price up and it will cost x10 or more, but there may be another scenario where banks will artificially hold prices at a level that they consider profitable for themselves. And in the aftermath of today's news that Ripple has emerged as the leader among the top ten of the Coinmarketcap rating. So, over the past day, the Cryptocurrency has grown by more than 16%. Analysts believe that such growth is due to the successful testing of cross-border payments based on Ripple technology by the South Korean bank Woori Bank. Let me remind you that in February Ripple introduced a new consensus algorithm to ensure further decentralization of the network.

Unambiguously, the bullish trend will intensify and we will see this in the near future. This is facilitated by the end of the New Year in China on March 2, as well as the absence of rigid radical statements regarding cryptocurrencies in the G20 forum. Positive news from Germany, that they will not tax purchase taxes in bitcoin. It is worth considering that Germany has one of the leading economies of the world and has a strong political influence in Europe.

It is true that people, in case of raising the price of their token, begin to panic and quickly sell everything they have to not lose even more, but this happens more often because of lack of experience or insufficient knowledge of the cryptocurrency market. If the price of your token has fallen, wait and do not sell, so as not to lose the invested money. Typically, the price will return to the previous levels very soon and with a favorable information climate even go even higher, but it all depends on the specific coin.

I respect your opinion, but I do not agree with it, because I learned about Bitcoin myself, I was not told about it, and when I read the first article in the computer journal about the technology of blockchain, mining, etc. I was delighted, but I would really like to see one of my friends or acquaintances tell me about Bitcoin a few years earlier! Knowing and understanding the technology on which Bitcoin is built and understanding what Bitcoin carries for the society to keep silent about it, do not tell and do not help to understand it is not right!

If you look at the essence of Bitcoin, you can understand that Bitcoin does not create money, Bitcoin is money, digital money based on mathematical code. Once people paid with silver and gold coins, but they were replaced by paper banknotes, later bank cards appeared, but all these types of money had a centralized system of issuing and controlling the amount of money being issued. That's why Bitcoin came to replace the old money, which is based on the revolutionary blockchain technology and the emission is strictly subject to the mathematical code laid down in Bitcoin, so it can not be compared with the traditional dollar, euro, pound, etc.

I agree, this is a natural reaction. The conservative part of society and the government always try to denigrate what is new and not understandable for their understanding. It's easier to blame Bitcoin for the promotion of crime, drug trafficking and weapons than to understand and accept it. Unfortunately, many people blindly believe the lies about Bitcoin and do not want to learn and understand Bitcoin technology themselves. Fortunately, now more people are supporting Bitcoin.

In most cases, the price of the token, after the ICO on cryptoexchanges falls, and this depends on many factors. For example, one of the factors of the token price fall is the sale of it by those who did not buy, but earned it as a result of the promotion of the ICO project: managers, advisors and others. If you bought a token on the ICO and saw that the price of the token falls after you go to cryptoexchange, do not panic, you'll have to wait until the project team, in which you invested your funds, begins to implement its plans according to the ICO roadmap. By keeping tokens in your hands without selling them, you keep the price of the token. This may take some time, but when the project starts to become more popular, its tokens will also go up, and the appearance of new cryptoexchanges will raise the price of the token! If you want to learn how to invest correctly in ICO, read one of my posts:
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Similar cases have become more frequent recently, but this is not the fault of bitcoin. If you will carry a bundle of cash, you will most likely be attacked and taken away. So with any other values, if you have an expensive car, then someone will want to steal it, and if you have an expensive house, they will want to rob it. Everything is logical and understandable, just do not make the amount of your savings in Bitcoin public and everything will be fine. And if you have several hundred satosh, you generally have nothing to fear.

Bitcoin Core was originally named Bitcoin Qt, so it's the same application. Bitcoin Core (Bitcoin-Qt) is undoubtedly the most famous client of the local wallet. This wallet is considered the very first program developed by the mysterious creator Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. At the moment, the wallet is supported by a group of developers led by Gavin Andresen. Despite the fact that Bitcoin-Qt was created long ago, it is constantly updated and has a large client base. Also, the client can be installed on any popular operating system, which additionally guarantees convenience for use. The main features of Bitcoin-Qt: Standard stability, high security and level of confidentiality; Resource intensity; The file wallet.dat stores all your public addresses and private keys to them; Encryption of the file with a password is suggested; Import and export of keys. If you have good technical data of the computer, then it is recommended to start serious work with the cryptocurrency with Bitcoin-Qt.
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Bitcoin has gradually moved into the category of investment instruments, although it can be called currency, intangible value, digital gold, but behind it is not just the financial benefit that thousands of investors see. He embodies the spirit of freedom and deep philosophical meaning! For bitcoin you can also buy anything on the Internet, like for dollars, euros and pounds, and it also trades on stock exchanges. The most important difference of bitcoin from all other forms of money is decentralization. No institution in the world controls bitcoin. National currencies were previously provided with gold or silver, now "the gross domestic product." Theoretically, you could come to any bank in the country and exchange your paper money for an equivalent in gold and back. Bitcoin is not provided with anything, it's pure math.
Anyone anywhere in the world can run a bitcoin script on their computer and feel like a central bank with a cash printing machine in miniature, although due to the increased complexity of the network it will not be profitable. The source code of the script is published in clear form, everyone can see how it works. It is completely anonymous and at the same time completely transparent. You can create an infinite number of bitcoin addresses without reference to a name, address or any other information. However, bitcoin stores the entire history of transactions that have ever occurred. This is called a sequential block chain, or blockchain. Therefore, if you have a publicly used bitcoin address, then anyone can see how many bitcoins you have in your account. Nobody will know that the address belongs to you, unless you yourself report it. Those who want complete anonymity usually use a new bitcoin address for each transaction. Bitcoin is a philosophy of technology in one!

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It is impossible not to perceive and about potential impact of the cryptocurrency on banks and the industry. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which is jointly owned by the world's leading central banks, noted in 2015 that bitcoin could interrupt the ability of central banks to exercise control over the economy and issue money. To date, many central banks closely monitor the development of Bitcoin. Some of them have proposed the release of a digital version of their currency. For example, the central banks of Canada and Ecuador are among the first to study such opportunities. An example of Venezuela with the release of its cryptocurrency Petro. In recent years, the influence of Bitcoin has led to changes in various industries. Bitcoin began to accept as payment basically the companies working on the Internet. The company Cheapname, which provides services including the registration of domain names, accepts Bitcoins as a method of payment. Other digital companies, such as WordPress, which provide resources for creating professional and private blogs, accept Bitcoin. The company Steam - a distributor of computer games and a common gaming platform - also accepts cryptocurrencies. Success has even brought Bitcoin from the digital into the real world. Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, known for his penchant for research and development and everything modern, takes Bitcoin as a payment method. The same applies to the car company - Tesla and its founder Elon Musk, who also accepts Bitcoin. Thanks to the appearance of Bitcoin, the world will no longer be the same!

Bitcoin is not a gamble, but when you watch its price, which can rise or fall by $ 1000 per day, it seems that these are real "roller coaster", and not a reliable and stable investment tool. People invest in Bitcoin because they see that its price is floating up and down, but it is constantly growing over time! Naturally, this attracts many people who are not even aware of crypto currency. A friend of mine, knowing nothing about Bitcoin and his technology, just bought Bitcoin for a small amount and left it on an online wallet, but a year or more later he saw on TV a story about the fact that the price of Bitcoin broke the regular price record. He considered that his invested money a year and a half ago increased almost 10 times and it struck him. Such stories can be read hundreds on the Internet, this makes Bitcoin so popular among people of all social strata of society. This does not mean that I advise investing in Bitcoin without knowing anything about it, I just do not see anything wrong with this, because it's possible that buying Bitcoin will encourage a person to learn more about him and his technology!

It is quite natural, any new project, idea, technology always has followers and opponents. In the case of Bitcoin the same, but many Bitcoin opponents who call it a bubble simply do not know about Bitcoin enough and do not understand the blockchain technology on which it is based. Even most rich and powerful people do not know about Bitcoin enough. The head of the American holding company Berkshire Hathaway, one of the richest people in the world, Warren Buffett, said in an interview with CNBC, which was published on January 10 that he sees prospects in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. "In terms of cryptocurrency in general, I can say almost certainly that they have a bad ending, when it happens or how, I do not know," but he added that he did not know what the cryptocurrency is. But there are people who know in the blockchain technology who give more reasoned forecasts of the Bitcoin price, for example, the American investor and the founder of the hedge fund Morgan Creek Capital Management Mark Yusko in an interview with Bloomberg News explained why he believes that in the long term Bitcoin will cost $ 400 000. The expert announced his new forecast in November. Before that, he called two figures: $ 1 million in the future for 10 years or more under the best scenario and $ 500,000 for a more conservative view. In the interview, the first question was Bitcoin versus blockchain technology, to which Yusko immediately replied that "Bitcoin is a blockchain", and he called the idea of ​​allowing only one of them to be illogical. Then he answered a question on the forecast, comparing Bitcoin with gold: "It's just math. Bitcoin is the equivalent of gold. To date, about 20 million Bitcoin are available. Capitalization of the gold market is about $ 8 trillion. This gives you $ 400,000. And this does not include the use cases related to the currency. "He also believes that Bitcoin instills fear in the hearts of bankers, as it eliminates the need for banks. When transactions are verified in blockchain banks become unnecessary. "All the bankers must be afraid to death. Bitcoin can eliminate the need for banks as a trust... It can also destroy the banking sector in the form that we know, "said Yusko.

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I am optimistic about Waves, so I think that it can make 700 - 800% growth by the end of 2018. Waves is a very promising and profitable tool for investing in 2018. Given the current state of the market, now is the time to buy. Business increasingly began to look towards blockchain technology, and the innovations that it brings to their work. Therefore, Waves cryptocurrency is called one of the most promising projects of 2018. Several people from Ethereum joined the Waves development team, which brought with them some ideas for improving the platform. Now, Waves has the ability to create tokens 2 times faster than on the direct competitor Ethereum. The project has its decentralized exchange, with which users have the opportunity to save and exchange their coins without resorting to outside resources, so Waves crypto currency is not entirely correct. Most likely, this project needs to be defined as a decentralized exchange site for tokens, which besides blockchain has the functions of creating the so-called "color currency" or the possibility for each platform participant to create their own assets. As assets may be, as some analogues of shares of an enterprise or tokens, confirming the facts of investment, digital tokens for participation in games, digital tickets for events. It can even be tokens - analogues of the currency. Given the fact that the Waves project team did not promote their "brainchild", based on the opinions of the crypto community, which considers Waves one of the most promising project in 2018, we can consider that this year we will see a sharp break in price to new heights!