2012 - $4
2013 - $65
2014 - $200
2015 - $185
2016 - $365
2017 - $780
2018 - $3200

Puts a lot into perspective.

Well, apparently for last two weeks conditions are not very encouraging for even bitcoin fundamentals.

Read here: https://coingape.com/bitcoin-fundamentals-stronger-weaker-huobi-weekly-report/

If Bitcoins were introduced in banks, there'd be probably a different protocol made by banks if I'm correct? What would it be like?

We, we, we!
We're being super-foolish into believing that regulations will actually add some extra value to the crypto space, well you'd now ask "Why?"

Hey, but regulations are good, eh? Why the heck are you so much burnt in your ass that you're talking like this about Governments?
We've been brought down with the purpose of getting our "one and only pseudonymous asset" being sold to (literally stolen away by) these Governments who're showing a lollipop to us in the name of regulations because they want to have a hold on us by knowing who holds how much in their portfolio and send them to jail whenever they want to, for any fucking reason.

But, but, regulations are going to move the price up, you know Bakkt?
Yeah, that institutional platform by parent company ICE (Intercontinental exchange) of NYSE, so-called Bakkt. You know something? Why the hell are they delaying their launch? People are so optimistic about the launch of this super-platform (yeah, I call it that because it's not just an ordinary exchange) but the reason why it's not coming up are the regulations that are stopping it. So, when their Government is not even allowing a platform to launch their services, do you really believe their regulations and the mix of old traditional banking system and crypto will make it up to something positive happenings in the future? Well, I don't think so, because then they can either stop it at any single place or if they ever decide to just shut down everything, nobody in the world can do anything as we're the ones who took interest in getting everything ^regulated^ and think that it would increase the value of BTC. Don't you think that without the intervention of these so-called regulated firms which allow institutional investors to short BTC, BTC and all the alts were doing much better and BTC would have already crossed the 30k, maybe 40-50k levels?


P.S.: It's my personal opinion and can't say about others, but think at least a hundred times and then decide, whether we really need this or are we going to be bound by their so-called rules once everything gets into their hands? We'll be nothing more than their sockpuppets and they will leave us with nothing but regrets.

I have been reading about exchanging sites. all of them have people who lost their money due to hacks, or investors got their accounts closed, frozen (Coindesk) without proper explanations, usually exchange sites let them deposit money, but they don't let them withdraw their money. No customer support.

How do you make money of cryptocurrency when the exchange sites are predators to hunt people's money? Decentralized trade sites maybe? If I read positive reviews about these centralized exchange sites , they doesn't seem genuine at all, most of the time, it looks like someone ordered them from Fiverr. Binance, Bitfinex with the Tether fiasco, Coinmama.... All of them looks like scummy attempt to get your money.

Hit me what new coins will you buy and take a chance in 2019?
Coin for me is TIX. New website and new ambassadors so I go with TIX. What about you guys?

There is no doubt that any hard fork is actually useless, they will have a negative impact on the rubber of the hard fork (may be a positive impact at the beginning), in the long run, the hard fork will divert the original Supporters of the crypto community and led to further price declines. For the entire community, I believe that most people are against.

It has been observed several times that the  cryptomarket boomed and after a short span of time it started to fall on the grounds with similar intensity .Similar patterns have also been observed in other markets for example the prices of oil touched the peak and nosedived ,share market prices, property prices shoot up and down with same speed .It is not limited up to a one or two commodity but the whole basket of the  commodity market is not spared resulting in exploitation of the small investors .In my opinion these big whales  jump from one market to another and not stay in one market and earn huge profit  .Technology can catch them if these are the same persons or group of persons who are  harming the interest of the crypto investors is a matter of study .Do you agree with my point of view.

When a coin moves forward to a hard fork is it for good or is it for bad? do you think that its price will rise or fall ? would you invest on a coin that has done hard fork? and what would you do if you own a coin that has announced a hard fork? would  you sell it or not?

Initially reported on Reddit it is now mainstream news:

https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/hackers-steal-250-btc-from-electrum-bitcoin-wallets/


The official Electrum Github confirms the exploit / phishing attack.

The user appears to connect via the genuine wallet and is prompted to upload a fake "update". As part of the "update" they are prompted to enter their 2FA code. This is then used by the attackers to empty their electrum wallet.

Updates do not require a user to enter their 2FA

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/4968

It's probably a scam. There is no Ethereum Constantinople Coin from the Ethereum Foundation.

Is it possible to make a system where I tap my bitcoin debit card on a POS terminal and transfer BTC to a merchant? I'm not talking about something like a BitPay card which converts BTC to fiat and uses traditional payment processing; I'm talking about using the bitcoin network so that the transaction is in a block ~10 minutes later.

Hypothetically speaking, how would this work? The card would be provided by a third-party service, is it possible to have this and still be in complete control of my keys? How could my tap on a terminal lead to a bitcoin transaction that's broadcasted through the network? Would you need to pre-load keys and addresses onto the card, or could the tap somehow authorize the card company to transfer the bitcoin ownership (I can't see how this is possible if they don't have your keys)?

Are we better off just using smartphones and other devices for transactions?

Something interesting to share with the community. We are in the future! 20 years ago, babies read Dr. Seuss "Cat in the Hat." Now I present to you:

"Blockchain for Babies"

2019 is just about 3 days to come.
How is your foresee upon the prospect of general situation of cryptocurrency market in 2019?
Would the market recover soon and be conducive to do more massive trading, or should we wait for another year?

Thank you.

Price of Bitcoin and other cyrpto currencies is increasing continuously from last 5 minutes, do you think it will be a bull run or it will be stopped on 4000$. I think it will be touching 6000$. In just two minutes, whole coinmarketcap has turned green from red.

There are only 5 days left in 2018, and 2019 is coming soon

People really have different opinions on what the trend will be in 2019

https://www.reddit.com/r/jex/comments/a9xtvg/will_things_be_different_in_2019/

As history is always strikingly similar.

It was 9-18-2017 when BTC was at 3650 last time, and then it went up all the way to 22618.27 in the next 3 months.

So will it start to surge and reach above 20000 again in March,2019 or April,2019?

Let's wait and see the result in next season

I think the prospect of cryptocurrency is very good. Now the investment in cryptocurrency must be profitable, but there are thousands of altcoin on the market, and there will be more in the future. At present, many are scams, and the value will be zero.
I want to know what value investing tools can determine which coins are worth investing and which will become the next generation of Bitcoin or Ethereum.