From what I see, I don't think they are a scam perse, only that they changed the rules overnight, without any kind of consultation, although many bounties have that kind of disclaimer before one participates, it's still pretty scummy on their part, thus affecting their helpers.

I have always thought that you have to enter this market with a cold head, of course it is difficult not to stick to something when you see its development for months, sometimes I've lost money like that, but you can not do much when a currency is not progressing, or you know it reached its peak in the market.

It is always the same reaction when a major change occurs, bitcoin may or may not recover, but we will see you mounted on the FOMO train when we start the journey again, perhaps not with bitcoin, but surely with another coin based on the blockchain, this cycle is always repeated.

That kind of scams occur at every moment in this ecosystem, remember that at that time much money entered the market and not everyone who entered here were as prepared or informed as we are now, so it is easy to think of people who are carried away by this kind of absurd income, in that moment of prosperity did not sound so crazy.

Already with the fact that it is centralized, I would not consider it a crypto, for me, a crypto has to be a currency based on the blockchain and be decentralized and anonymous and I think ripple does not meet all those requirements, now if it is a good investment or not? that would be another discussion.

I also like a bit the idea of a chatbox, but this forum is not about such a simple topic or niche for it to be done, we would have thousands of people talking in that chatbox doing any kind of things that needed more moderation, and I think the team already has enough work for now.

Who would say, terrorists in the mountains do not have access to the net, or at least not to those they would need to raise sufficient funds, in fact, there is a news about a terrorist group making a kind of gofundme, supposedly did not go well at all. 

Actually in this market you can not know what will happen, I also have hope that everything will recover soon, but I would not advise anyone to buy at this time, as things do not look very good for bitcon, perhaps the wisest thing would be to wait a few months to see how the market recovers.

I think it depends on how you define normal, I think that in the end bitcoin will go down at a price and stabilize, that is what we are waiting for, people like me who want to use them as a means of transaction, we can not do anything right now, with so much volatility, but when things become "normal" bitcoin will be used for what was created.

Until now it is difficult to know the consequences that the elimination of the central banks would have, because it is something that has not happened since its creation, neither in the most liberal or anarchist governments, but perhaps with the advance of the cryptos that is possible, but I see it as a distant future.

I think that many countries block the ICOs for that very reason, because it is difficult to know if the people behind are real, you can talk to your lawyer and ask him, he will be much more informed on this subject, is like denouncing a ghost company, but there are always traces that can be followed, although I do not know if it is worth it.

Good luck with that, I imagine they intend to implement it to the exchanges, but they can always be established in places where those laws do not apply, let's see how that develops, because I consider that regulations are needed for the survival of cryptos, but also taxes ... maybe is too much.

Right now I try to sell the minimum to survive and I keep as much as I can, also when I get extra money in fiat I invest it again in the market, because I consider that by the end of the year the price will normalize a little, I know it is a bet, but everything indicates that it can be a winner.

Sometimes I get into it to make fun of false accusations and dismantle their arguments with some claims, it is absurd how much FUD some try to put on the market, I don't know if they are bots hired by whales, but I don't see any other intention to come on a bitcoin forum to do that specifically.

I think that if bitcoin does not scale, it will dry out as with any technology/company that does not progress into the future, it will be replaced and forgotten, but for that to happen the community has to let it die, which I do not think will happen because btc is decentralized and have very committed fans.

But I don't think we should use that slogan because it surely divides people who want to help promote bitcoin, it's true that now we need the support of the community to recover, many still haven't heard of bitcoin and its wonderful uses, so try to spread the word a little more.

I believe that something as important as the education of your children you shouldn't bet it here, because that is practically what you would be doing, a bet, the market especially now is too volatile to offer you some stability, so I would recommend keeping it in safer investments or in the bank to grow slowly with interest.

This is the true purpose of cryptos, but I think the change is costing so much because people have become comfortable with their quality of life, for many it is enough to leave things as they are, so do not dare to see a new technology that can provide lots of benefits.

Until now we don't really know, it has been said that he is a man in the United States, I think he is Japanese residing there, he is also an engineer, but his humble life and refusal to recognize, indicate that he is probably not, certainly does not want to be recognized, so in appreciation for his creation I think we should leave him that way.

I think that for mass adoption to be successful, there only has to be a limited amount of coins for each sector, for example in transactions we already have bitcoin, dash and for financial institutions, ripple, for mass adoption to occur the currency has to stabilize, perhaps not at the price of the dollar but quite similar, so that people are discouraged to do hodl.