As a trader or as an investor, you have ti draw your prognosis on the future of the market inorder to profit from it. It's simply a prediction or speculation of where the market is heading rather than where you want it to be.

There is no guarantee that you would be right, but that's the risk involved.
You can listen to analysis of people like Tone Vays, and other more enthusiastis investors and use the information to draw your own analysis.

Most definitely. Cryptocurrency is a potential trillion dollars market, and like all other markets, it would need time to mature.
Major corrections and regulatory procedures would be common in the coming months and possibly years.


Crashes are a constant so long as the price is down to speculative value. There is no danger of cryptocurrency fizzling out due to drop in value.

Blockchain technology is not bitcoin's 'main thing', it is a block ledger system which has been in existence before Bitcoin was created. It was leveraged on, modified amd improved on to make bitcoin decentralized, open source, transparent, and immutable.
Read articles and watch videos which explain it, the concept is pretty simple on the surface. It gets more complex the deeper you delve.

Bitcoin aims at creating a community of people who desire total control of their assets and holdings, not everyone wants that responsibility, as such most still patronize banks.
Decentralization is not the only qualityvof the blockchain technology. It's also immutable and transparent.

Admins could nuke any newbie account associated with such activity, but the ease of opening new accounts makes it not so effective, the users do not mind losing such accounts with little activity and no merits.

It has been suggested that account creation process by tightened, but Theymos does not plan on making it any more difficult considering the legitimate users willing to join.

The crust of the issue is no one is under any obligation ti hand out merits (except merits sources, to a small degree).
It is recommended that one hands out smerits, as they are of no use whatsoever to the hoarder, but not everyone sees the need to search for deserving posts, and some accounts with sendable merits are inactive.
But the merit sources and willing members are doing a good job in keeping merits in circulation.

There is no such thing as a good name, forum username is simply a nick, and as long as it's unique and not made to be similar to that of an already registered member, then it goes.
If should not have to be related ti the account owners real identity, BT actively protects the identity of the forum members.
They are somewhat ironic, but does not warrant a thread.

Blockchain education is vital going forward, it would make the public aware if how the technology can be leveraged on by small and medium economy countries.
I once saw this post on countries which are using the blockchain in electioneering processes.
This is just an example of how it can be applied.

Am also just seeing this (thanks for sharing) and it reflects the reality of majority of ICOs being launched nowadays.
Very little original idea, lots of hype and investors with little understanding but looking to get rich in a matter of days.
There are of course still good ICOs and STOs in the market.

Bitcoin has been steadily dropping for most of 2018, amd the stock crash was just reported very recently.

And there is a very credible explanation for the recent large dip in the bitcoin market, and this was due to loss in miners.
The stock crash could have an effect, but it's not the principal factors and there is no basis to claim BTC may not rise again.


I read about a football club, which opted to pay its employees using cryptocurrency, if this could be adopted by more organizations. It would boost adoption and would also separate the stock and cryptocurrency market.

Any good project, is fueled by investments.
You can apply for a course on technical design, or hire someone who can get it done.

Do research online in additiom to making inquiries on this forum.
Plan and strategize, do not try to do too many things at a time.

Members are discouraged from sending personal messages to other forum members who they do not personally know or regularly interact with.

Copper membership allows you to wear member styled signatures and also limits posting limitation.
I do not know the rules on sending PM.

Note that some members also out restrictions on certain ranks from sending them personal messages.

We should not get bullish about the market just yet.
The market is still volatile and there isn't enough growth as yet to support a recovery or give a hint of a bull run.

It's still a good time to buy more if you plan on it, as prices are still low.

The change was effected a couple weeks back. I do not know if it has had a significant impact on number of appeal threads, I still cime across them. Users who appeal, are probably aware of the top reasons for getting banned, but appeal anyways.

An analysis would put in perspective. Also to note, if anyone would indeed make an analysis, it should also consider the number of account bans since the change was made.

Shorting is very practicable in cryptocurrency, and there are very educative contents on the internet which can help you get a grasp of it.

Shorting is a trade, which begins by selling. You sell at a higher price (if you expect the price to drop) and them buy back at a lower price.
In the end you could hold the same quantity of bitcoins but have profits. Or more amounts without putting in more capital.

The market is not on a recovery path yet, it just broke through the $4000 resistance. And is still fluctuating in both directions.
Trading can be profitable in both bullish and bearish markets. It depends on skill, timing and capital management.

If you choose to buy bitcoins using alternative cryptocurrencies and not fiat, then you could do that across several exchanges without having to divulge your personal information.
With cash payments then Over The Counter trades would be the most secure option, especially fot large transactions.

It does not matter how long it has been, users have been banned for offences made much further back .
There is a zero tolerance to pliagarism, especially when it is incentivised, like made with the intention of completing a certain task.
And it also does not matter how many times it was made.

That is assuming we would be in a bear market at that point in time.
Bakkt targets adoption, which is a long term approach and would build a solid community for bitcoin and increase value further down the road.
This is just a platform, different from the bitcoin Network, and it can not dictate the market value of bitcoins.

No market ever goes constantly in one direction. Some might not bubble up to unsustainable levels but cycles of pumps and dumps are prevalent in any market.
In relation to bitcoin, i believe we are yet to know the true value of one bitcoin. So i do not yet call price pumps, bubble, with increased adoptions we would see consolidations in the value