Additionally, stablecoin's centralization issue is getting worst by the emergence of new stablecoin competitors saturating the whole market but negating the effects that supposedly makes a "threat" to Bitcoin. Also, if I'm not mistaken, most of these stablecoins has no fix supply as compared to Bitcoin - the reason some of them can just easily release or mint new tokens overnight thus adding more cloud in the "fiat backing" credibility issue.

@lionheart78 - Tama! Kadalasan itong mga to mga thrill seekers at  gusto i prove skills nila dahil na din sa ego pero sa tingin ko itong mga kawatan ng crypto ay mga sopistikado na at magagaling at hinde mga "script kiddies". Kahit nga mga pentest tools alam nila pano gamitin at ireverse engineer.

@Baofeng - may posibilidad isang state sponsored group din gumagawa nito o di kaya isang malaking sindikato ng mga hackers at hinde lang isang tao involved dito kaya depende din sa laki ng operasyon nila. Pero mas mababahala tayo if kumilos itong mga state sponsored hackers ng malalaking bansa tulad ng U.S., Russia, China, N. Korea, etc. kasi mas may kakayahan  talaga itong matupad anuman naisin nila.

This is an interesting story that would merit the U.S. Government's attention and stance towards cryptocurrency! I understand this is a brilliant idea but I think the U.S. will conduct necessary studies first before pursuing it because I think it could trigger a massive disruption across world economies along with their financial institutions and they also have to consider  the repercussions that might occur resulting from it - not to mention the fact that it could also hurt its own economy by affecting financial sectors and banking industry.

Also, I am thinking that implementing such plan could also trigger a cold war era crypto race as superpower countries in the likes of China and Russia would not want top be left behind in this niche and would ultimately build their own crypto to match that of the U.S. to maintain status quo  and their influences over global affairs and economics.

I prefer E-Sports and NBA games since these two are one of the most hottest!


I think maybe you could solve this editing issue if each prediction post would be paired with signed message by the participants with their corresponding Ethereum or Bitcoin addresses.

Maliban sa nabangit ng OP at pagkakaroon ng matitindeng skill sets para sa ganitong klasing trabaho, palagay ko lahat  ng mga cyber criminals na ito  ay matitibay talaga yung sikmura at handang suungin kahit "buwis buhay" ang kanilang ginagawa na alam nilang possible silang makulong kung mapatunayang nagkasala!

Halimbawa, itong mga hacker nato, kunyari pinasok nila networks ng mga Amerikano at sila ay matuntun,  malaki posibilidad ipa extradite sila papuntang Amerika kung may extradition treaty ito sa bansa ng mga hackers, at doon sila sa batas  ng Amerika iiyak na alam naman nating sobrang mahigpit. Kaya bilib din ako sa tibay ng loob nila - ito siguro pinakamahalagang  puhunan ng mga hackers ngayon. 

Though I find this a little bit ironic, this incident only shows the importance of downloading apps from official sites only and not be enticed easily by supposedly trusted fellow netizens with their app recommendations!

I think netizens should also exercise more vigilance and always be cautious to prevent these types of incident from happening again but I think this will never change until there are people who are gullible - the reason why this kind of intrusions will never stop! Imho.

I guess there is nothing to worry about at least not at the moment because I believe Google won't allocate its resources just to destroy a cryptocurrency and for what?

Also, if ever time will come it would be possible to crack Bitcoin with quantum computers, I guess developers, together with the community would by far already have applied technologies to Bitcoin to make is quantum resistant and since there has been crytpo projects that supposedly claimed to be quantum resistant, maybe the developers could use it or improve upon those technologies to make it applicable to Bitcoin.

As per above definition from Wikipedia, I believe Bitcoin satisfies those requirements thus making it an absolute store of value and not "partial" as what he stated.

I guess we will see this assertion more clearly defined once Bitcoin reached its max supply which by that time, its worth would have surpassed Gold and other precious metals value!

@OP, Do you think anyone cares about what millenials do? I guess we cannot blame what has  become of them for it has been influenced by older generations and its a part of human evolution! Might as well blame older generations for producing millenials based on your description.

After all, no generation has even been perfect and always had its shortcomings! I guess most people wouldn't spend their time contemplating all about millenials when they have other important things to attend to -"every man himself".

This is a lesson for I.T personnels - to ensure that optimal defenses of their mission critical systems are always in place! Had that malware not been discovered earlier or otherwise it had another nasty malicious payload to wreak havoc on those systems, the damage could stop airport operations because such a security breach could halt flight schedules worldwide thereby causing a ripple effect on international flights schedules.

I guess its the job of the system administrator to maintain the security of those workstations and I think he/she should take the blame for it. Moreover, this also shows the importance of having regular security audits to endure these types of malware cannot breach computer systems.

Well,  I think we'll just hope some content writers from the crypto-community would make a positive note about it and write some positive stuff about Bitcoin, at least to balance the public's perception about it.

I was thinking of a good title like this - "How Bitcoin help caught hundreds of pedophiles and disabled a child sexual abuse website!" or maybe you could suggest something more catchy? 

If we base our data on the above chart which shows that millennials account for about 2.4 billion out of 7.7 billion total world population, I think most of your assumptions about them may not hold true! A classic case of stereotyping.



Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/gen-z-to-outnumber-millennials-within-a-year-demographic-trends
           https://www.iadb.org/en/improvinglives/millennials-stereotyped-generation

Indeed! Bitcoin is now a very viable tool for remittance purposes because it has an  increasing number of local merchants or remittance partners willing to accept it in exchange for local currency whereas Libra has yet to establish its major partners and don't even have grassroots local adoption and localized infrastructure and partners to support it, that is why I doubt they will be serious in conquering the remittance industry.


For Libra to achieve presence in the remittance industry, they must do partnership first on local brick and mortar remittance centers that will enable it to be exchanged for fiat money or local currency but I'm afraid this hasn't been done, not  to mention that they didn't even bother to get a major partnership with a well known international remittance company which could hasten their plans to conquer the industry if ever they have plans about it.

This is what I'm trying to say, that media outlets failed to emphasize the key role of Bitcoin in identifying those perpetrators yet none has ever surfaced discussing its importance!

Could it be there is a grand conspiracy to discredit Bitcoin and portray it as the ultimate villain and the cause of all evil? Or either they are just sensationalizing news that has Bitcoin involvement to sold their stories? Or this may be a product of subjective reporting which are often biased against Bitcoin! Imho.

Now that there has been an exodus of Facebook's Libra major partners in the likes Paypal, Visa and Mastercard, I guess most U.S. lawmakers would find it very encouraging to sustain its clampdown on the social media giant's proposed cryptocurrency that has stirred a lot of controversy!

Moreover, this exodus would even make it more harder for Facebook and its existing partners to convince the U.S. Government to give them the go ahead signal and approval so that I guess this is a losing battle for Libra that could have a negative effects on all its proponents once the dust settles. Imho.

Of course! Most see it as a form of recreation and technological advancements makes those games more enjoyable and entertaining than ever!

Most are now in residential suites.

Most of them likely have car loans.

Correct! But they are now more empowered than ever!

Not true! Most likely they've saved more money on Bitcoin than all generations especially on 2017 bull run.

Millennials are the stars of the century!

Seems like a double barreled question. I guess it depends on your perspective but my answer is no.

But come to think of it, most millenials are the driving force of today's economy example of which is Facebook's founder - Mark Zuckerberg and others who have contributed on today's technological revolution. So in essence, stereotyping millenials isn't a good idea.

Well, we should be thankful for Bitcoin and blockchain technology because if it wasn't conceived, the world will be overwhelmed by these sick bastards who prey on  children's innocence! I think they thought that BTC would be safe to use  and could give them absolute privacy thus were encouraged by it to do their evil deeds thinking that by using this technology, it could make them anonymous and unstoppable!

But in fact,  if they have not been careful enough, they could be traced through their Bitcoin transactions and their identities could also be revealed - that could connect them to that monster website, which I think will give a strong evidence to guarantee an indictment!

Seems this is a trending style of those who want to allegedly shill their coins  but it doesn't matter now because most members of the community are well aware of that! Might as well make a thread to compare his favorite coin (for shilling) and a close competitor and let the community engage in a discussion of both project's merits and features and see which is best among them.

Anyways, I think its best to day trade if you have enough time and want short term gains otherwise you could hold provided that the token/coin your hodling is very promising that it has a high probability of gaining huge ROI's in mid to long term period.

I cannot think of any possible explanation that would support what OP is suggesting! I guess the thread title is a little bit overactive and it seems to suggest Brexit would create a Bitcoin apocalypse which sounds horrifying and at the same time ridiculous! 

On the contrary, I think Brexit would rather contribute to Bitcoin's dominance in the crypto scene as an alternative to Euro especially on the remittance industry.

Assuming Bitcoin achieved global adoption and acceptance, I think fiat currencies will still exist because there will always be a demand for it as a medium of exchange! Hypothetically, as long as there is one person in this world willing to accept or prefer fiat as a payment or a medium of exchange, then I guess fiat will never go extinct because there is  still a demand for it.