I am planning to use Grin because I like the concept, and have downloaded Grin++. At a first glance it looks quite good (it's even one of the more visually attractive altcoin wallets I saw, I like the yellow-black combination) and easy to use, so I don't understand that much the problem some of you folks have with the GUI. Yes, I know it's not "official". And it seems to be at least partly based on Electron. But AFAIK on Ethereum the GUI wallets are also provided by third parties.

I don't know why Grin is so low valued. Perhaps it has to do with the general problem of decentralized altcoins to have less funds for marketing, in particular for social media shilling. Perhaps it's due to the 51% attack it suffered some years ago, or even the perception of people that governments are taking action against privacy coins (Monero's performance was also underwhelming this year). But it can be seen currently as an opportunity to onboard new people - and what is valued very low can provide good profits even if it doesn't reach the top coins.

And no, I don't think Grin "isn't necessary" because Monero exists. The privacy technology is very different, with unique advantages and disadvantages. If Monero for example fails because of some kind of attack, perhaps the Grin algorithm has characteristics which make it less vulnerable.

For example, in the last days Monero network saw a lot of activity which may be spam transactions. It is possible that these came from chain analysis companies trying to lower the privacy level of the Monero users, because in the "ring signature" model the more "known" participants of a ring-signed transaction there are, the less private are the remaining ones. I still don't think Monero is unsafe or not private enough due to this reason, because afaik if you're cautious you can still have a much higher level of privacy than with Bitcoin even if 50% of the txes were chain analysis spam permanently (and also this spam would be expensive if sustained for a long time). But afaik this kind of attack isn't possible with Grin in this way (correct me if I'm wrong, I have only a rudimentary understanding of MimbleWimble), so it has an advantage.

For me, the NFTs I don't even want to contemplate minting whenever I stumble on tasks demanding minting them are the ones on the ETH chain. Doing anything that requires paying with ETH seems to be exploitative. Gas fees are incredibly high compared to other chains. Even a common swap, let alone bridge from any chain to ETH or the other way round, is crazy. I wish Vitalik Buterin and his team would do something about that, though 🙄

When crypto becomes more popular like now, it seems it's hard to finds where we can playing gambling without KYC. When we can get one casino that doesn't apply KYC too strict, that's just beginning because when the casino grows and becomes popular, the government will takes on their eyes to that casino and will ask them to used KYC for their members. That's why we can only follow what's the rules for every casino and if we don't comfortable with the rules, we can try to search for the other casino.

Make sure you can playing gambling at the trusted casino, popular, have a good reputations so you don't have to worry if something bad happens. The governments now searching for the crypto business and trying to controls them so crypto business can just follow their rules.

See this?

This is how the real world adoption looks. Litecoin has been dominating the crypto payments. It is the ultimate crypto currency till it  becomes a store of value coin like bitcoin.

This screenshot above guarantees that litecoin will always have a price support no matter what happens. It is because it solves a real world problem. People really use it to buy goods. BCH was supposed to be like this but guess what, LTC is better than BCH.

This is an amazing perspective view. It is true that money may be used to enslave people, but it is enticing that technology has the capacity to change the way we think about power, wealth, and authority. One of the most fascinating parts of Bitcoin is the concept of independence, or operating your own bank. Bitcoin allows you to keep your own private information and handle your own funds, without depending on other people such as banks or authorities. This could result in a more equal and transparent banking system, giving individuals more power over their personal resources.

It’s amazing how everyone in the first page was saying that it is nothing but a joke and it will fail. It’s 2024 and DOGE happens to be the lead of all memecoins, It has set an example and other memecoins are trying to follow in recreating its success story. Dogecoin that was all for fun and jokes has made people millionaires. Thanks to Elon Musk though. And today, it’s beginning to be more than just a meme coin.

Bitcoin will not become the world's currency if it continues to be exchanged for fiat or paper money. The value of bitcoin still depends on fiat money. People continue to buy bitcoin in pursuit of accumulating more paper money. If you are wealthy, you can buy a lot of bitcoin, but if you are poor, you may have little or no bitcoin as your possession. Bitcoin will only become a currency if it breaks free from being tied to paper money. One bitcoin value should be one bitcoin or one satoshi for a tray of eggs or ten satoshis for a service. People need to stop using government issued paper money if we truly want change.

Yes, governments can easily disrupt the crypto market. They can simply impose taxes on your accounts, ban some major markets, or declare cryptocurrencies illegal assets. Moreover, they have many ways to track you even if you try to use crypto behind their backs. So, we hope governments play fair and don't interfere with us right now.

They were intended just to be silver rounds/tokens...not wallets.
None of them came with holograms.
I wouldn't over value these as there are tons of makers who make generic crypto rounds like this

if you look at the back, you would see that a holo placement would not be ideal with the raised text

Those look like the Lealana coins, but as far as I remember they came with holograms (and were usually loaded). These might be AliExpress copies (example).

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EDIT: Had a chat with MJ and these are made by Golden Eagle Coins. They made maybe 6 or 7 different ones.

The mintage is probably a 1000 coins, seeing how the Bitcoin variant still has 664 in stock.

I think that until now Doge remains the king of meme coins because so far there has been no meme coin that can beat Doge in terms of market capitalization and popularity. It is very difficult to replace Doge as the king of meme coins because Doge was the first meme coin and was the beginning of the creation of meme coins.

According to me the difference and inequality between rich and poor can never be controlled. We are thinking that through BTC this inequality can be reduced or controlled but the problem is that money has to be used to buy BTC as well. That means people with more money will be able to buy more BTC and people with less money will be able to buy less BTC. Again, there are many people who are not interested in investing in BTC and prefer fiat currency savings or investing in fiat currency. Many people who invest in BTC will withdraw their investment from BTC when the value of BTC is too high.

The money still is flowing into crypto.

MSTR selling convertible notes to buy $500M more of BTC, and last week they bought $800M

USDC printed $370M in the last 2 hours

And the biggest of all was yesterday we had a record $1B in inflows to the etfs.

Going to be a ATH every day.

Maybe JP wants to accumulate bitcoin when it dumps. That's why he always creates FUD. The bitcoin price has grown without a major correction. So there is a huge chance of a dump before creating a new ATH. It's true; most likely, it will happen when all the hype is over. Investors will start liquidating after halving. This would lead to a major dump and correction before another pump. Since there are a lot of institutional investors already in the markets, they will make money, so they have to sell, obviously. So when they start re-entering, the price will start to move up again. 

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I would like to know your views on the acts of repression of the crypto market:

• Can crypto continue to thrive without the support of governments?
• Do you think governments can suppress and restrain the crypto market with their power?
• If you were the head of government, would you accept or reject the crypto opportunity for your country?

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It hasn't gone into bull mode like BTC has, is there a reason?

What do you think about the future price of Polkadot?

The memecoin craze has returned in full force, with several meme-themed cryptocurrencies seeing massive gains recently. Leading the pack is PepeCoin (PEPE), which has skyrocketed over 60% in the last 24 hours.

Pepe is a memecoin based on the popular Pepe the Frog meme. It was originally launched in 2013 but gained renewed interest this year as the memecoin market heated up again. The recent price surge has made Pepe one of the top trending coins today, according to CoinMarketCap.

Other memecoins seeing big gains include Wif, FLOKI, SHIBA and Bonk. All doing impressive numbers over the weekend.

The return of memecoin mania also reflects the powerful momentum of hype and virality in crypto. Memecoins often have very enthusiastic online communities that aggressively promote their coin, fueling massive rallies. While memecoin investments are highly risky due to the volatility, the potential for explosive short-term gains is enticing many retail investors.

The comeback of memecoin mania is also indicative of the current bullish sentiment in the crypto markets. With Bitcoin and Ethereum recovering strongly in 2024 so far, investors are more willing to speculate on altcoins in hopes of parabolic returns. This is pushing up memecoins along with the broader altcoin market.

The big question is: which memecoin will perform best going forward this year? Could we see Dogecoin reclaim its former glory as the king of memecoins? Or will newcomers like Pepe, FLOKI, WIF and Bonk continue to steal the spotlight? I'll like to hear your views...