Hiya..  I have a similar problem, but i'm going to attempt to abandon it.

There is a detailed thread on this topic at the top of the page.

The author achow101 - mentions two miners who apparently might be able to help in that regard.

I dont think it will, no. ~$2500 is support...

Get. A. Grip.

ICO's have next to nothing to do with bitcoin. They only get easily confused in somebody's head when they don'T know the difference between their arse and a blockchain.

ICO's - tokens..crowdfunded, capital raising ventures.

Blockchains including bitcoins are mined.

Of course..if you still think China banning ICO's (until further notice i should add, they are planning on regulating and licensing them! - Actually bullish! overall for ICO's and the whole cryptospace as a whole)

has or should have any effect of your bitcoins.. then be my guest. They're not realted, really, they're not.

No. It. Is. Not.

There is NO 'New Bitcoin', there is only Bitcoin.

Bitcoin cash is not CALLED Bitcoin for a reason. It is a fork off from the original Bitcoin.

So if it is not original, it is not bitcoin, period. (And never can be!)

If it doesn't have the symbol XTC/BTC it is NOT bitcoin.

There is bitcoin, and there can be as many hijack attampts as you like, but all these people do is fork off the original BTC.

They even have the temerity to re-brand Satoshi's work as their own. (in other worlds that would be called stealing, but this is OSS...so)

Anyway.. call it whatever you like.. it is not, nor will it ever be bitcoin. Sorry, that is already taken and works quite well.

Just had a look on coinmarketcap, because i wanted to compare bitcoin market cap to a list of world countries M1 money supply.

Currently sitting above Morocco ($74B) and below Greece ($85B).. but what i noticed is the trading volume.

Apparently, we've crossed over the $2 Billion 24 hour trading volume.  

Not so long ago, i remember crossing over $1B...

Paint a 'bullish flag' here and then on up we go!! (IMHO)

Got a bottle of champagne waiting in the fridge for the last 2 weeks, waiting on $5k

This week? Its looking probable...

Not really, since IBM = Hyperledger.. and is talking about 'blockchain technology' - which is the whole corporate 'blockchain without bitcoin' meme.

Did you get it Bonez0r?? And if you don't mind me asking how much was it for (roughly.. you can specify a range if you like.. 1,500-2000 or <5000 etc.)

  Nice one Afikoin (thats a nice post!)

So....


   ..When do you guys reckon we'll see the effects of 'the halvening' kicking in?? //<-'joking'


There's another two 'halvenings' coming in the next 7 years...

http://www.thehalvening.com/

..Just saying like 

It's BEST use at the moment is a store of value.

Can also be used as a currency if you want to buy things with it.. and people do. I believe however that it's store of value function is at this moment, it's best characteristic.

Not gonna happen.

Have you checked the pure outrage over this on crypto twitter?

BIP 148 will happen first. Bitcoiners don'T like it when entitled millionaires in suits meet behind closed doors to take decisions on behalf of everyone else.

I vote for BTC10k party

Yeah but kwuckduck is always, always wrong.. don't listen to anybody!!!!!!!

Sorry, rickadone.. but that's all wrong.

I know that Satoshi was well aware of the Austrian ecconomic principles of 'sound money'.

The limited supply is a key component of that. - This means it's 'scarce', which leads to it being a good store of value.

If that ever changes.. i.e. if the fixed limit ever increases.. it becomes useless as a store of value. (inflation)

Not usable as a SOV for 200 years? Please.. many people use it today for this reason. (I have being using it to save in)

I stored €880 of VALUE in bitcoin in mid 2013.. it has GAINED in value now to be worth some €11,500

.. i'll say that is a GREAT store of value that I am using right now. Not 200 years into the future.

In fact as long as the price of 1 bitcoin does not drop below €88 - then my value will have been well stored.
Ergo. It is currently a store of value.
Try getting anything like that from a bank or another asset class. (That is under 4 years btw)

Ok, I'll try this one.. All it would take is a failure of the Euro.. the US$ to get into trouble and the 10 TRN bond market to have a few hiccups and hell, you're there.

These things havce been predicted to happen for ages now.. i think withing the next 12 years there is a high chance of ALL of them happening.

At this point you are in the top 5% of the world. That is my estimate as to how many people even know about bitcoin, nevemind owning some.
When bad things happen to our traditional currencies, there will be a stampede to find other assets. Bitcoin is one such asset.

End of April beginning of May.

Exactly. Altcoins are pump and dump. A casino. You see the rises, +300 +500 +3000% and think wow, bitcoins is going down, civil war BU Core bad for price.
And think, I want in on that action.

You are too late,  you will be scammed.

All the rises that took place happened a few days ago. You missed it. Entering now is far, far more dangerous than it was last week.

The smart money at that casino has already taken their chips off the table.

That is profits in.. what? *Drumroll* --- BITCOIN.

And that is the only reason anyone trades alts. To (hopefully) increase the number of bitcoin they have.

If you want to do this, its a good idea to get in before the pump has started. Not when it is finished or nearly finished.
All that happens next is the price drops down on these coins. Especially the thinly traded ones.

Just a word of warning.

Hahahaha.. I will do no such thing.

Of course I am.

OK. Put down the crack pipe.

BU - Who are against SW on the BTC main-chain.. (which is needed for LN) - Will win once they impliment LN (implied is that they also need to impliment SW first)

I cannot make sense of that.

Also :- Takes days?

On what planet? Use the correct fee, it has nop problem. Also, look at the mempool now. Since the spam attacks by enemies of Bitcoin have stopped.. ohwee.. look at that.
Bitcoin works normally. Transactions don't take days.
A system with 99.999999999999999% uptime is working normally. In fact its working great!

EDIT: Just checked the avg. transaction time.. It was at 21mins.. now risen a bit to 91mins. Whatever you want to call it, that is not days
Also, we have no way of knowing if spam attacks have restarted. Or how many of these transactions have been sent as tiny transactions without fees or with too low fees. You know the effect that would have.