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You're absolutely right, my friend. Ethereum has first mover advantage just like Bitcoin. It's impossible to take down its place as the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, simply because it has solid backing from investors, traders, and the community itself. It's the one smart contracts platform which started the NFT, ICO, and token craze. If Ethereum weren't conceived by Vitalik, we wouldn't had any of this stuff. You can consider ETH as the original project, while the rest are simply "copycats". Just because Solana is faster and cheaper to use doesn't mean it's better. Remember, it's quality, not quantity. All these other platforms are able process large amounts of transactions per second, but most (if not all) are the same quality as Ethereum. It's this reason why Solana nor any other competitor will be able to "beat" Ethereum in the foreseeable future. At least, the competition is healthy. The more platforms emerge, the stronger the Blockchain space will become. As long as decentralization prevails, nothing else matters. Just my thoughts

It's not in Bitcoin's best interests for Satoshi's identity to be revealed. Especially now when governments are taking harder measures against crypto/Blockchain tech. Ethereum, Cardano, and all of those other cryptocurrencies whose creators are known by the public would be nothing but doomed. They will be forced to "satisfy" the regulators or face serious consequences in the long run. With Bitcoin, this is not a problem because most developers' identities are unknown. This also applies to the creator/founder of the project (Satoshi). By not having someone whose identity is widely known to the public, governments will be forced to look elsewhere. I'm glad Bitcoin is the way it is for the good of decentralization and censorship-resistance. Just my opinion

As they always say, "the sky is the limit". There's no limit to how farther Dogecoin will go as long as there's mainstream demand for it. I think it could reach $1 in the future if Elon Musk continues to liven up the hype. Adding the cryptocurrency as a micropayments tool would only add fuel to the fire. But first things first. Developers are going to need to scale the Dogecoin blockchain if they want it to be used by the masses. As I've said before, no one knows what's on Elon Musk's mind right now. He's extremely unpredictable at times, so he could either integrate DOGE into Twitter, choose another cryptocurrency, or do nothing about it. Mr. Musk could also backtrack from his deal of buying Twitter for $44B again, causing severe pain over Dogecoin's price. Nothing is set in stone, so the best thing we can do is wait and see what happens before deciding to invest into Dogecoin for the long term. Just my thoughts

Bitcoin won't be going down forever. At some point in time, prices will bounce back to their original levels. By then, it's likely BTC will reach a new ATH in price as it did in the past. I'd only suggest you to buy BTC now if you're thinking in the long term. If you're only buying BTC with the hopes of getting a return as quickly as possible, then I'd suggest you look elsewhere.

Just as the OP, I believe this is the perfect time to invest into BTC. When everything is going down the drain, it's the right time for you to build your wealth for the long term. Who knows if buying BTC at a cheap price now will leads you towards untold riches in the future? $18k - $19k per coin is pretty "cheap" considering that there's more to Bitcoin than meets the eye. With patience, anything's possible. Just my thoughts

I guess with Elon Musk into Dogecoin, developers will start taking things seriously to make it scale towards millions of users worldwide. Either they take the on-chain scaling route, or shift themselves to Layer-2 (eg: Lightning Network). It would be surprising to see Mr. Musk donating a portion of his money into the Dogecoin Foundation just to help with the development of the project. Not only that would make the coin more useful in the long run, but it will have a positive effect over its price within the long term.

I love DOGE because it's much faster and cheaper to use than Bitcoin, Litecoin, or even Ethereum. It's only great as digital cash than a store of value because of the way it was designed. Integrating it into Twitter for micropayments would be a great idea, as that would increase Dogecoin's exposure to the mainstream world. No one knows what's in Elon Musk's mind right now, so we can only hope for the best. Just my opinion

I wouldn't say ETH "has a superior technology than Solana", simply because it has a very limited transaction capacity. The only advantage ETH has over Solana because it's decentralized and reliable blockchain network for day-to-day payments. It hasn't experienced a single network outage (as far as I know), even after the PoS upgrade was implemented a month ago. Solana is just an overhyped cryptocurrency that doesn't take network security too seriously. It's only focused on speed and cost-efficiency.

VCs and institutional investors like Solana because it's the highest-performing blockchain in the world. They don't care about the outages as long as they're able to make the most money out of it. Even Solana's developers aren't that interested in putting an end to network outages for good. The project is far from being "the next Ethereum" simply because it's unreliable. I'd say Cardano would be a much better alternative than Solana. People are free to choose the blockchain they want, so ultimately the market will decide which coin will stay at the top and which one will go all the way down the drain. Just my thoughts

There's only 3 months left before 2022 ends, but the crypto market is still in bearish mode. I believe things are going to get worse as the FED (US' central bank) will announce further interest rate hikes. You can forget about $4k ETH until the global economy (especially the US economy) is restored back to its former glory. But I'm starting to doubt whenever ETH will reach a new ATH in the future, since it has turned into a centralized coin manipulated by big exchanges and whales. Bitcoin would be a much better choice due to its decentralized and censorship-resistant design. Not to mention, it has an extremely limited supply of just 21m coins.

Some would say ETH has turned into a deflationary cryptocurrency after the PoS upgrade, but I'm yet to see if that's really the case. I don't think investors will go all in ETH after knowing that it's centralized (although these days most of them don't care as long as it could make them money in the long run). For what I know, crypto behaves in many strange and bizarre ways. The future is widely unpredictable so anything can happen. As long as you don't invest more than what you can't afford to lose, there should be nothing to worry about. Just my opinion

Just when we were seeing signs of the global economy recovering during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia decided to invade Ukraine for no reason. Now things are worse than they were before, with inflation rates soaring towards new heights. I don't think central banks' measures to control inflation will work because the war has caused a huge disruption in the global supply chain. Nations need to solve these problems first before talking about a possible recovery of their local economies. Putin was right when he said "sanctions have backfired".

Now the world is feeling the pain as rising food, energy, and gas prices make the average person poorer than before. Most people have a high cost of living thanks to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Unless the two countries come into some sort of agreement (peace deal?), the world economy will continue to deteriorate until there will be no room for recovery. There are talks about a deep recession by 2023, meaning more pain ahead for lower and middle class people. Let's hope it'll all be over soon, so we could get back to normal. Just my thoughts

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Just because it's a privacy coin, doesn't mean it will be solely used for "illegal activities". There are a small minority of people that legitimately use privacy coins to help protect their utmost sensitive transactions from third parties. But governments quickly target privacy coins because they don't want people to experience true financial freedom. These entities want something they can control at their will. While Bitcoin cannot be controlled by governments or third parties, transactions made on the Blockchain are publicly visible by anyone. This makes it easier for governments to prosecute people if they suspect certain transactions are suspicious. But we cannot say the same about privacy coins such as Monero or Zcash.

Tornado.Cash may have not been a privacy coin, but it was a mixer which aimed to achieve the same purpose (which was the anonymization of transactions on the ETH blockchain). Sanctioning the mixer was a breeze simply because developers' identities were known and both the source code and the frontend interface were hosted on centralized servers. If it wasn't by that, it would've been impossible to take any action against it. At least, the Tornado.Cash smart contracts on the ETH blockchain are untouched. The GitHub repository was restored, so there's nothing stopping anyone from various forks to help protect people's right to privacy. Just my thoughts

With CBDCs on the brink of becoming a reality, I think the hopes of Bitcoin "ruling" the world will be long gone. That's because governments will never allow a decentralized cryptocurrency to take away their power over people's finances. The new Digital Dollar will give the US more power than ever, as it will be able to have complete control over each transaction performed on the ledger. Not only will the FED and the US government be able to freeze or control access to your money, but they will also be able to have a complete overview of your spending habits. Everything will be visible by these entities, putting an end to privacy for good.

Don't except them to be friendly towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, especially when they'd want to force people to use their "new digital cash system". Bitcoin will survive thanks to its decentralized and censorship-resistant design, but not many people will use it because they will be afraid of government's intervention. There's a dark future ahead of us, so we should be prepared for the worst. Just my opinion

Sadly, that seems to be the case with forked coins. The original projects are the ones that are kept afloat, while the "copycats" (in this case, the forks) are left behind in the dust. Consider how Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, and several other Bitcoin forks have turned out to be a huge failure due to lack of interest among investors and traders alike. Both ETC and ETHW are not exempt from having the same fate as the coins mentioned earlier.

I think forks are only created to enrich miners and holders of the cryptocurrency. No one is going to take forked projects seriously unless developers start building dApps and services on them. At least, everything is open sourced these days. If both ETC and ETHW fail, there's nothing stopping you from creating a new fork to keep alive PoW consensus on ETH. Who knows if ETHW won't last for long? Just my thoughts

Elon Musk is a huge "hodler" of Dogecoin, so making the move to integrate the cryptocurrency within the social media platform would be in his best interests to make as much money as possible from his holdings. Anything related to Elon Musk in a positive way would surely "pump" the "meme" coin's price all the way to the moon. I don't think Mr. Musk will adopt the Lightning Network since he has previously criticized Bitcoin's "high energy consumption". DOGE is more energy efficient than BTC, but it's not as good as ETH or any other PoS coin in this regard. The sky is the limit here, so let's wait and see what happens after the Twitter acquisition is completed. Just my opinion

If the US government is able to tax crypto successfully, then everything will be "peaches and cream". Until then, expect a heavy hand against the revolution from the world's biggest superpower. You can't expect the government to ignore something that's been rising in popularity at a very fast pace. At least, the US hasn't banned crypto from mainstream use. Other countries like China and Russia don't want to welcome crypto with open arms because that would mean losing power over their own people.

It's only been 13 years since Bitcoin's inception, but there's still a long road ahead before the crypto/Blockchain industry becomes fully adopted by everyone worldwide. Regulations are just the tip of the iceberg. After crypto is "properly" regulated, all that's left is for institutional investors and VCs to join the game for things to start kicking. As long as the government doesn't go too far, there should be nothing to worry about. Just my thoughts

It has always been about getting the most support from the government. Otherwise, investors will look for other alternatives that're "regulatory-compliant". It's sad to say Ethereum preferred to please the regulators by sacrificing decentralization over performance/cost-efficiency. They claim ETH is now 99% energy efficient, but what they're doing is giving all of the power to centralized exchanges. It's a pity since it goes against Vitalik's original vision of making Ethereum the "decentralized platform for unstoppable applications".

There are numerous PoS coins on the market, while PoW coins like Bitcoin and Litecoin are the minority. With further tightening of government regulations, it's possible 99.99% of altcoins will turn to PoS while Bitcoin remains the only decentralized cryptocurrency with PoW consensus. I'm fine with that as long as decentralization/censorship-resistance prevails in the long run. Just my thoughts

With better planning and execution, Bitcoin adoption would've been rampant across the Latin American country. But the government rushed things, so the result is very little adoption among Salvadorans. At least, the country is one step ahead of the others by adopting it as legal tender (or as an alternative to the US Dollar). Now it's up to other countries to do the same for "hyperbitcoinization" to become a reality. The only way I see adoption soaring like crazy is if Bitcoin experiences a bull market run.

A higher-priced Bitcoin would surely attract the masses into it. No one knows when Bitcoin will reach a new ATH in price, so we can only hope for the best. Just my opinion

You're right about that. Even though ETC is not a "pump and dump" coin, it's often seen as a speculative investment than a useful cryptocurrency because of the lack of dApps and tokens on its blockchain network. Developers are more interested in the big players (mainly ETH, Cardano, and BNB), than the original Ethereum blockchain (Ethereum Classic). Most forks are usually left behind in the dust as the main projects obtain all of the attention in the mainstream world. Take a look at what happened with Bitcoin Cash's price a few years after it launched. It's now worth less than it was before. The same thing is happening with ETC right now.

At least, the code is open for anyone to redistribute and/or modify to their hearts' content. As long as the project focuses on decentralization, nothing else matters. Who knows if maybe someday we'll get to see ETC being valued at over $100 per coin? Just my thoughts

For some reason, "meme" coins have a huge number of coins in circulation. I haven't seen one "meme" coin that's finite by design except Garlicoin. With inflation "baked" into the protocol, how would you except TAMA or any other similar coin to retain its value over the long term? I guess the new "meme" coin will turn out to be like the rest of the other clones being traded on the market right now. The odds of Elon Musk or a popular celebrity/person endorsing any other coin than Dogecoin are very slim.

How far will this coin go will greatly depend on mainstream market demand. $1 per coin seems to be impossible for TAMADOGE right now, but with a decent trading volume, anything could happen. It's best to take advantage of the short pump in price to sell your coins at a profit before it's too late. Who knows if TAMA gets replaced by another "meme" coin soon? Just my opinion

Most people will prefer the Digital Dollar over Bitcoin because of convenience. But that doesn't mean Bitcoin will lose interest among investors and traders alike. It's part of a new asset class that's here to stay for a very long time. Just like Gold, Bitcoin will prove to be a reliable store of value anyone can use to protect themselves against the negative effects of inflation. CBDCs (digital Fiat currencies) won't pose a threat to Bitcoin no matter how you see them thrive in the mainstream world. There will be a separation between the centralized world of banks and the decentralized world of crypto/Blockchain tech.

The fact that the US and other countries are announcing the creation of their own digital currencies, means that Bitcoin has already won the war. Governments had no choice but to do this to help prevent Bitcoin from taking over the world. It doesn't matter if Bitcoin never becomes the world's reserve currency, as long as it stays true to its core values of decentralization and censorship-resistance. Just my thoughts