Bitcoin does not always rally in December, this has only happened once, last December. This current growth can not be called a rally just yet.
Prior to 2017, the final quarter was usually met with price falls, especially during December.
If the price keeps going up, and settling at higehr supports, we might yet have a mini-bull run this year.

I'm not sure what chart you're looking up, but ethereum now is worth about $102, it has been fairly stable between a range of about $6 for the past 48 hours.
Hopefully we have hit the bottom and colan only go up from here. Don't hesitate to much when investing, there would always be better times and worse ones.

Rather than asking for suggestions on which coin to invest, it's better to learn how to use the foundamentals to decide which currency suits your strategy and capital.
As a newbie you would want to go for coins and tokens which are much higher in the rankings by market capitalization on CMC. Judging by that, bitcoin would be the best option, then Ripple, the ethereum and so on.

This could work quite well, after the demotion of jr members with no merits, I was expecting actions to be taken against all members yet to earn a single merit.
It's worse having a legendary member spamming the forum, and carries the title but has yet to earn a single merit.

Aside badges, there should be other perks reserved for those with earned merits. Maybe ability to wear avatars.

I am still trying to understand what you mean by this. We do not work to take the price of bitcoin higher, except of cause in the capacity of whales. But we can work to profit from the market through 'work'. And yes, more of that would boost our gains.

If there was a high number of posts in the off topic section, that could be a reason to consider making a child board for it. But as it stands, there seems to be no reason at all.

Initially the merit system might have had a significant effect in the drop in posts, as lots of demoted jr members had no reason to keep actively posting in the forum. We were left with those determined to earn merits and those complaining about the unfair system.

The bad market of the past month has reduced interest of most in bitcoin and cryptocurrency related content.
I also expect a rise is activity with that of bitcoin.

Bitcoin is not trying to 'beat' the dollar or any other Fiat Currency. Bitcoin was created to be used by a community of people who crave financial freedom and control. And those who were not comfortable with the amount of access third parties had to their assets.

It's an alternative currency, and cannot replace Fiat.


I would will myself to see the humour behind that statement, albeit a bad attempt at humour.

It appears you both simply take opposite opinions, one overly optimistic and the other overly pessimistic.
I prefer to be realistic, while considering the pros and cons of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as I always take a holistic view of the market. Indeed I'm deep into some altcoins more so than BTC.

There is not perfect market, or perfect commodity.

Medium is not such a cryptocurrency friendly platform, there were issues of articles related to ICOs getting deleted soon after being posted and in extreme cases accounts getting blocked.

I still have my account, but do not regularly frequent it.
Steemit and Minds are very good alternatives and not averse to cryptocurrency related content.

It's all down to the orientation new recruits get when introduced to bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
They are commonly told it's a means of making easy profit, by simply watching your investments grow, and are not introduced to tbe bigger picture and endless possibilities.

This is very similar to this forum, newbies are told it's a source of income, but they are not giving the bigger picture and hence to do not explore the full potential.

The bear market could be upon us for quite a while, except for a major update or progress on some projects that could attract investments and increase adoption, the cryotocurrency winter would likely last out the year.

A bull run might be a long time coming, for now we need to identify the bottom.
The market is unpredictable and as such we can only speculate.

The general idea is do not mix emotions when trading.
Always judge based in the foundamentals and the technicalities.
Although when a coin meets all your criteria and lives up to it's potentials, you are likely to get excited and get attached to it. But always control your emotions.

Theymos has refused to take any dratic actions against the large number of bots and accounts farmed for the purpose of spamming a thread for reward, and little Carr for the rules as they can always create another and another.

Any changes made would likely frustrate legitimate new members who would have made great additions to the forum. And the spammers would just find ways around the system.

I am very curious to know ow how you arrived at that conclusions about majority of traders 'booked profit'.
Depending on what strategy you have used, you could have possibly profited from Bitcoin this year. Shorting is one of the best ways to profit from the market, except it is linked to price drops.

Regular investors are most likely not satisfied with the current price which has remained firmly below the $3500 range.
There are not tools however, with which to make any speculation for 2019.

Investing relies heavily in the foundamentals amd actual product rather than the price, which is subject to fluctuations.
If you see Bitcoin as an asset which has value and relevant use cases, then you should consider it a good time to invest, especially with a lowee price range compared to majority of this year.

That is the highest form of punishment for merit abusers, and should serve as detterent enough for anyone interested in their long term presence on the forum.
A negative feedback limits a users ability to interact on the forum.
Those interested in merit trades are of course also rules violators and risk getting tagged if proven beyond reasonable doubt.

That is a very good idea, for simplicity, it could be a child board in Meta. And banned users could have access to post there without the need to open new accounts, considering that a banned user has gotten a level of evil IP, theu would also have to pay for that in order to appeal.

Thanks issue is Theymos seems to spend very little thought for plagiarists who engage in such activities for personal gain at the expense of the forum.

Every new project more times than not, has a ground breaking, revolutionary project, and it is not the reality more often than not.
My first thought when analysing a project; is it feasible and sustainable?
Promises are easy to make, especially when seeking for funds. They are more challenging harder to actualize.

Predictions are simply that, mere guesses, not all times blind. Some can research and arrive at suitable price speculation, and yet be wrong.

After the pump of late 2017, everyone had the bullish mindset, and we're predicting Bitcoin climbing to above $250k in the next months.
Only a few calm heads could see through the hype and FOMO and realize it was unsustainable for the long run.

The article says; the US model which the UK are trying to imitate uses payment processors in partnership with Bitpay.
How does the government hodl butcoins when they never get them but they are instantly converted to fiat?
Also if the governments desire to accumulate, why don't they simply buy with the tax payers money and hoard it?