He only bases the progress on the prices only. LOL. That’s what he meant by progress. I am more comfortable with the current price of Bitcoin now than way back 2017 which is highly unstable and very suspicious with all those new record highs for the price which had been broken very often that’s I’m not that surprised that it had dumped way too low. I prefer slow moving price since through time it would build up a good resistance so that the dump would not be too hard.

I heard a lot of news and I think that’s a progress to if we think about it.

Meanwhile in my country, Bitcoin is not supported nor banned bu rather the central bank just released a warning to those people who would like to venture in the cryptoworld. It is said that there are risk and you should be responsible enough to face it since we know that the price is unstable and those who aren’t familiar or expecting a great return in a short period of time with no prior knowledge would surely lose their precious money in the process and then blame Bitcoin and say unpleasant things about it.

And that's exactly why some countries are banning cryptocurrency while others invest on research so that they can launch their own cryptocurrency.
In my opinion, the government is recognizing this good side of cryptocurrency in their perspective that's why they are studying as to how will they integrate and modify it in a sense that it would align with the ideals of the government also that would enable them to exercise their sovereignty if that's what they chose to label their centralized mindset.
Though I'm curious about this projects they have on mind though as I recall correctly that coke had used the blockchain technology to sped up their services and I think that's the point. Blockchain technology speeding up the interaction of one body to another would yield to positive economic growth since time is money.

Logically speaking, no one profits in joining pump and dump schemes other than those who are head behind all this. Joining it simply makes you a puppet and willingly donate your money to them. A responsible trader should know themselves the market and trade accordingly by trying to project the price through methods like technical analysis along with the news. You should not rely to other people and trust yourself even more by educating yourself since the knowledge nowadays is just a the tip of your finger. What you only need to do is to have some dedication, determination and time to learn.

In a world where money runs deep, banks had established deep roots that can't be uprooted easily and there is no need to eliminate this but rather having us more options on what monetary system would suit as by the establishment of cryptocurrencies along with the question of which is more convenient to use giving the transactions' circumstances.
Although we are saying that through Bitcoin, middlemen are eliminated but the thing is it is hard to trust someone you don't know that's why we hire escrows to serve as a middleman and I am not saying that it is a bad thing but rather it is just the way it is. The good side in cryptocurrency is that you have more freedom to do what you wish to accomplish.

What the developers are after is the cheap listing fee since reputable exchange is very expensive. But on the other hand, although you had listed your coin or token the thing is that if it is not in a good exchange or decent at the very least then it would not have a good impact to the image of your project especially if it is a shady exchange. Though there are cases that it is the user's fault and just ranting that it is a scam exchange well in fact they don't know how to use it or they had exposed their private details needed to sign in in an exchange.

That, I think is the good thing when a legendary member manages a campaign since it would be looked at carefully whether is it a sold account that had been bought in a purpose to encourage the users in bitcointalk to join their bounty which is quiet shady if we look at it. The thing is that I had witnessed some managers who are legendary but turns out the bounty is a scam so I think it is not on the rank of the manager that we should trust but on the reputation. I would be more inclined to join in a project where the manager had a good history running previous projects or had positive DT.

I think that the government taxing cryptocurrency is when you are earning through it then taxes follows as what it is though I hope that only those who earn massively in crypto are taxed or just companies. Small time crypto users are normal people who are trying to earn money in the online world is nothing compared to those companies in cryptoworld where they earn a lot of money. There is nothing wrong with taxation as long as it is reasonable. I'm curious as how will they implement this in a decentralized platform of Bitcoin.

This sounds like gambling in a sense that selecting what projects we should advertise aka bounty is now based on chances since we can never tell if it is scam or not. Even if it is a success, we can never tell if it would pay or not. That’s why many people had given up on joining bounty campaigns nor investing in a project due to these news or their experiences in dealing with these kind of scam projects which utterly a waste of time since some joined at the very first week and would run for a couple of months just to find out that it would not pay or the token holds no value.

I don’t really know if cryptocurrencies would the best option in times of crisis to secure your assets so I suggest to store some of your assets in gold. It is interesting to know if when that time happens which I also would not, what would happen with the cryptocurrencies. Would countries start using it just like in Argentina where people had been buying cryptocurrency to store there funds since they are experiencing economic crisis. Though I think the chances of the banks collapsing is very low i.e. close to impossible since banks aren’t just about fiats.

Hardware wallets have recovery seed isn't it? You can just recover it if it somehow been damaged then buy a new one immediately and transfer it all to the next one. There is no need to have a lot of hardware wallets really but maybe you can do fine by 2. You could use the second wallet as a back up in case something might happen to the first one. The one that you need to think about is how to store your recovery seeds which the major rule is to never leave any traces on any digital devices meaning you need to write it in something physical and store it somewhere safe i.e. away from prying eyes and hands.

That’s very interesting that in France there are active approaches for their people to start engaging with Bitcoin as form of earning money, payment and storage of assets. I am curious of what were the lessons would they teach Bitcoin in the university and whether is an elective subject or for specific programs only involving programming or any related fields. Another thing that is interesting to know is the regulations of their country with regards of Bitcoin whether do they impose taxes and have bills filed in their legislation.

Isn’t the usual thing when the year ends there would price surge then followed by price dump. I think around February the price would recover bit by bit but I do not really expect much about the price. All you have to do is to hold those coins since it would recover and be back to its normal price. There is no reason to panic sell and if you are an experienced trader and familiarized yourself as how the cryptomarket behaves then you can think logically when is the right time to buy and sell.

Most cases, it is. That’s why you need to pick a bounty very well since some lasts for months and you wouldn’t want your time to be wasted just like that nor offer basically free labor out of nothing and sometimes it is absolutely nothing as it turns out to be scam. Also, the ICO price of their token is far from their price when it hits an exchange so you shouldn’t really based it with its exact price. I often compute it with forty percent of its price.

Exactly that’s why I encourage people to store their coins in wallets that they have access to their private keys. You only use exchanges to trade cryptocurrencies and not to use it as storage. There are news of people who lost their money in exchanges and they can’t do anything about it which is quiet sad and infuriating. Also, if you want to trade then better pick trusted exchange. If you want to be more secure you can buy a cold wallet.

These people who are driven with false expectations had failed themselves. If you were to invest your money especially when we talk about a massive amount then be responsible enough to educate yourself rather than just using your emotions but do not really know how the market moves especially in the world of cryptocurrencies where the prices faces high volatility and if you don’t know or familiarize yourself about this then you’ll end up in the losing side which would make you inclined to cut your losses fur to panic and find yourself regretting or blaming the cryptocurrencies because of not doing your part.

That’s what I thought too since fiat still has its own uses and conveniences that cryptocurrency may not provide and it also goes the other way around. With that amount of time from our time, I see that the cryptomarket would have a massive volume which would mean that price spikes would not happen much due to low volatility which is quiet good in the aspect of mass adoption throughout the world and also that doesn’t mean that traders would not still make a reasonable profit but rather it is now much safer and healthy.

That’s a lot of money and if they do use it to destroy Bitcoin then that would mean that 90% of that amount can only be returned to them. The thing is that it is not worth it to use that amount to destroy Bitcoin but rather they should use it to a more productive way that would help and benefit their country. They don’t need to defend this decision to the people because in the first place they would not make this decision of wasting the money of the people.

I disagree with your statement that Bitcoin’s limited supply would hinder being used as standard monetary system. We should recognized the fact that Bitcoin has eight decimals hence even when the price soar high then I think it would accommodate the need of the people. Though in your last statement, I am with you.

We do need to learn about Blockchain but only the basic ones. Going technical is up to you whether you are just simply curious or would like to use this as a way to learn new skill that you can use to earn bitcoins or some other cryptocurrency. Learning the basics would provide you solid grasp and understanding as what is happening behind the transactions that you are doing. Since it would limit us asking and wondering why does your transaction process slower or what fee should I pay.