My experience with Coinbase has been that the selling of Btc to USD is immediate, but then it can take up to a week for the funds to appear in my checking account when I send them there.

At least it tells me it can take that long. With USAA, my funds usually appear the next day. That probably depends on your bank to some extent.

Honestly, if I were in your shoes, I'd hodl (forum joke) onto those coins for the moment or diversify your holdings into pre-existing coins rather than speculating on ICO's.

Despite what the media may think, this isn't a bubble or get rich quick scheme. Many more coins fail than survive.

If you're looking to pick up a good altcoin for cheap - I'd head over to Novaexchange and pick up some Deep Onion (as you can see by my signature, I'm quite biased). Heck, now's a good day to pick up just about any altcoin for cheap. The previous poster hit the nail on the head, though - research, research, and then do some more research.

Not a problem, it's a good question. Generally, if there's an airdrop going on, I'll take a look at the whitepaper and gauge the community interest based on how much discussion the thread is generating. To be completely honest, if it's an easy enough sign up and appears to be legit, I'll give it a shot. That being said, more fail than succeed.

The airdrops and signature campaigns are a good reason to actually contribute and be helpful on the forum as well. For most of them, you have to have a certain level rank to be included.

Deep Onion, that I mentioned earlier, is a great example of this. This coin is going places, but to participate, you have to have registered your account before a certain date and be at the level of member. You also need to actively contribute on this forum and to make useful posts.

At any rate, the more time you spend here, the better you'll get at figuring out what looks legit and worth your time. Hope that helps.

You and me both. After jumping back into the crypto scene around April I got involved in Minereum. I still think that coin has some potential but the Dev seems to be a recluse and rarely communicates.

Deep Onion, though, has me hooked. Great and communicative Devs and an awesome community that is growing up around it. Tie that in with 90% of the coins being given out for free and I'm in it for the long haul.

It's a bit down (along with everything else at the moment) so it's a great time to pick some up on the cheap.

As to your first question, there's no straightforward answer. As to my personal opinion - diversity is generally better for investing. That being said, there's no ideal number of coins to have. You need to research the ones that are out there and pick a few that you think are worthwhile. If I may put a plug in, I think a relatively new one you should get in early to is Deep Onion (Yes, I'm definitely biased as you can see by my signature)

To your second question, you can certainly make money day trading. It's a risky business though, and you should definitely be prepared to lose money unless you really know what you're doing. I know my limitations and I tend to hold instead of trying to turn a quick trade profit.

I'm not sure I understand your third question to be honest with you. If you think it's a worthwhile project, then invest what you can afford. If you become an active member of this forum, you'll also find opportunities to take part in airdrops or signature campaigns for free. This is another good way to diversify your portfolio.

I hope that helps.

Color me confused, but I downloaded the update but it still looks like version 1.0.0.0-g when I check the About Kekcoin part of the wallet. Am I missing something?

Also, maybe I'm just a little paranoid, but why isn't there a notice about the new wallet on the official website?

It's a tough call. Is the price a bit high at the moment.. probably. Will there be some pull back ...definitely.

I don't think well established financial institutions or analyst really grasp the change that we're witnessing right now, though. I firmly believe that finance as we know it is headed to the blockchain.

I'd be shocked if we see BTC at $2000 or even $3000 again for that matter. Maybe it'll go down to those levels, but in a year the price will probably still be going up and people will still be calling it a bubble. Those people are missing the train, IMHO.

I wholeheartedly agree. Although I haven't purchased from either Madrinos or GoodLuckChuck, I have sent a few PM's back and forth.

I made the mistake of buying the 'method' from another member here who didn't really know what he was doing. I spent more getting it to work than if I'd just have bought off of one of these two sellers.

I did finally get a phone working, though, and I can say it's well worth the asking price that they're offering them at.

Hope you don't mind me posting in your thread and best of luck on your sales!

I'm pretty sure you just need to register on the official forums at www.deeponion.org to get the newsletter. You can view it here:

https://deeponion.org/community/threads/welcome-to-the-very-first-deeponion-weekly-newsletter.1310/#post-20793

Iranus makes some good points.

Altcoins definitely can have a bigger upswing percentage wise - but the downside can be just as bad.

I like the 50/50 option that a poster mentioned above - it gives you a bit of a hedge.

Also, you'd be surprised how well you can build up your cache of altcoins for free just by becoming a contributing member of this board. Signature campaigns and airdrops are a great way to get in early and for free.

I think this youtube video is a pretty good place to start: https://youtu.be/bBC-nXj3Ng4

It does a good job of breaking the technical side down in an easy to understand format.

Other than YouTube, just hanging out on this forum and reading through the posts is a great resource.

Hello, you can find the information about member rankings here:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php%3Ftopic%3D178608.0&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjh3Oe1_f7VAhXoh1QKHaaUDq8QFggEMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHwCDOBAIiK6Xo2H3jQx9DTRqG7hw

It should have everything you need to know.

Individual Privacy. Collective Opportunity. #DeepOnionX

Personally, I'm fond of this one. It does a good job of getting the privacy point across as well as the great community that is building up around this project.

I get where you're coming from, but at least you registered your bitcointalk account before the cutoff. If you start building your account up, you should be able to join well before we hit round 40 and the airdrop ends.

Also, the Deep Onion guys are getting stricter and stricter about the requirements - no burst posting, posting in off topic, etc. Patience and diligence will be rewarded.

I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. BTC is around $4500 at the moment. Pullbacks are to be expected, but I'll be shocked if we ever see $2000 or lower again at this point. Heck, I'd be surprised if we see $3000 again.

To the OP's original question, though, it's a matter of perspective. Maybe it's slightly overvalued now, but it's cheap compared to what it will be this time next year or going forward in the future, IMHO.

That being said, you might find that investing in an altcoin will give you better gains if you catch one that's just starting off. As you can see by my signature, I'm biased, but I think Deep Onion is going to be a force to be reckoned with.

I don't know of a particular thread with the terms, but the search function is pretty useful.

As the user above mentioned, though, basically it's where the coins are given away for free as opposed to an ICO where you have to buy the coins. Besides Deep Onion, you can find examples in Minereum and Timereum.

Airdrops generally seem to be met with more support and less skepticism than ICO's. At least, that's the trend I see on these boards.

I personally haven't noticed anything. I've been staking 5 to 10 coins a day for the past week or two at this point.

You should try posting that in the trading thread over here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2071309.0


That being said, check your PM's.

Years ago, I had a situation where I believe someone paid me on an eBay purchase with carded funds or a stolen account. I was completely unaware, but PayPal froze my account until I sent in a ton of personal information to verify identity.

Even if you never intend to pay the first balance back, don't be surprised if the second account gets frozen.

Yeah, I'm not so high on Coinbase either.

Also, is there a reason you'd do 1 BTC increments at a time? Granted, the more transfers you do, the more fees you'll incur, but you might consider 0.50 or even 0.25 at a time.