Yo, @mexicantarget, great to see you still launching more and more games Been a while; hope everything is going well for you, mate.

And I'm all about the MMORPGs so thanks for this.

For the record, the activation email seems to be broken:


Cheers, and congrats on another successful launch!

Call me naive or overly-optimistic, but I see Bitcoin now purely as a store of value. Micro transactions for every day purposes are out of the question, but I'm holding on to the hope that Bitcoin could fare through all the current bullshit to come to be known as the the value behind all cryptocurrency. In other words, the hodler's commodity. But for it to become this way, the value and volatility will be at risk.

I don't know, man. I'm starting to see why so many early adopters are so discouraged with how Bitcoin has become what it has, and I'm constantly jumping on and off the "Bitcoin is dead" bandwagon.


I always preface any Bitcoin conversation that I have with friends by saying that I am not a financial analyst. I am not directing or advising my friends what to do with their money, but I do tell them about my personal experiences with Bitcoin. I do tell them that there has been a time when it was great for day-to-day transactions, but that currently I view it as a store of value and that I'm hodling. I know that a lot of them are fueled by the grandeur of future profits on their investments, but I take the time to explain to them why Bitcoin is so important nowadays, and how the Blockchain technology is a huge advancement towards our future. I dunno, I guess I like to think that I'm a responsible advocate of Bitcoin, but I know that people like us are rare in this explosive market.

That's your address, and I'm only seeing 1 unconfirmed transaction from it: https://blockchain.info/tx/7fdfcb3f988a621e2bd6d4441e490ec3c6f64e322301ff77b530d58295e68b45

If this is the case, your transaction fee is a bit low, and the blockchain is currently congested. The good news is that your fee isn't too low that accelerator sites are not going to push your transaction, so you may want to check out this thread: FREE BTC Tx Accelerators. Stop paying for something that is free!. From there, you'll be able to push and rebroadcast your transaction, and hopefully get a confirmation on the included blocks. Just a tip, try one at a time; don't overwhelm the network with multiple requests.

Your transaction should be fine, but in the future, make sure to send the recommended fee or close to it, found at https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/ in the Which fee should I use? section below the graph.

Awesome! Site looks great on mobile! Any plans for an app in the future? And you should consider moving this thread to the Service Announcements section; you'll get more traction and traffic from that board. I'm curious to see how your traffic numbers are!

I've sent you a small donation to your BCH address for a coffee or two. Keep up the great work, and I hope to see a widget in the future; it's a great way to get your branding across multiple websites, and I'm always hearing from people about how annoying it is to have to manually convert their balance from one crypto to another. If you get this out widespread, it'll be great for your site.

Cheers!

You should receive an email from Lance Parker that says:

"Hi Joe,
Your friend XXXXXX XXXXX has just signed up for the ConnectX Webinar! Yay!

That means you have earned 25 ConnectX Coins worth $50! Sign-in to check it out and keep referring friends to get more ConnectX Coins! There is no limit to how much you can earn.

Invite Friends
Thank you,
Lance Parker, CEO of ConnectX"

Check your inbox. Mine ended up in my SPAM folder, so make sure to check that folder, as well.

What's your startup capital for this project? And I'd be willing to help out with some graphics, advertising and marketing for a coin like this, dependent on your execution. You're going to need some heavy marketing and PR for launching an altcoin. Good luck to you, and I hope you stay true to your "roadmap".

I'm hoping that this bubble does burst so that we can shakeout the greedy investors that Bitcoin has currently groomed. I'm not a super early adopter of Bitcoin, but I did start gaining interest around the $100 price point. I bought my first Bitcoin at $230. And boy, was I excited! Learning about the Blockchain and the technology was something I could get behind! Using Bitcoin to top up my prepaid phone, or to order ebooks online... Those were the glory days.

I took a little break from using BTC as a currency after the price hit $500, and took the opportunity to start hodling and introducing friends and family to BTC. I said the price was steadily increasing, and that Bitcoin was going to have amazing growth in the years to come.

Nowhere did I imagine that the price would hit $20,000 just a few short years later. Of course all my friends and family were/are excited. I was excited, but ultimately, this is now the moment that I'm becoming worried. I'm noticing the types of people that are now "experts" about cryptocurrency on my social media platforms, and I'm not liking what I'm seeing. I've been slowly exiting my initial investment into other alts, but for the most part, I'm a true hodler. I'm curious to see how Bitcoin fares through this bubble. I choose not to capitalize on this growth. I want to believe that Bitcoin is a great store of value, but I'm even beginning to question my own opinions on that.

With that said, not all bubbles are bad. I feel that this bitcoin bubble bursting would be enough to shakeout all the greed, but not be detrimental enough to kill off Bitcoin. I feel like it would be a huge reset button that will put us back on track to the slow and steady growth of value, rather than the huge hills and valleys we've been seeing. But maybe that's all a pipe dream.

Either way, thanks for all of the articles, @QuestionAuthority. I'm soaking up as much opinion as I can, and it's really (subjectively) opening up my eyes to what's really going on in the Bitcoin world.

Registered!

Are you planning on adding a timer in future updates? And a visible display of our balance on the navbar would be a great revision.

Cheers!

Can confirm. Used both the iPhone and the iPad to test your site. Just a little bit of feedback. Is there anyway to reduce the gap spacing between coin options in the dropdowns? It gets to be a bit much to have to scroll so much, especially having the coins not listed in alphabetical order.

And I'm not sure if this is possible, but when selecting on the fields to enter the coin amount, can you have it coded to display the numeric keyboard instead of the alphabetic one? I know it's a small thing, but it's the finite details in a mobile-friendly site that make a huge difference.

I've been using your site religiously for the past few days... It's saved me so much time from having to go back and forth on a calculator and notes file to do manual conversions for my portfolio lol. Can you post your BCH address for a coffee donation?

Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already tried manageflitter, and the option that I need (Fake Followers) is a paid Pro feature. I have the funds to purchase, but my only issue is that I don't have a valid credit card to use for the payment anymore, since the Wave Crest Holdings companies' credit card statuses got revoked by Visa. I've even tried the PayPal option, but need a valid credit card attached to my account in order to process the payment.

Unless I'm missing something and am able to check out my fake followers using the free version?

Are you waiting for a transaction withdrawal FROM YoBit, or a deposit transaction TO YoBit? None of us are going to be able to help you if you don't provide us with a transaction ID, as @BrewMaster indicated.

However, I will say that if you're waiting for a withdrawal from YoBit, it could take a while, as the network is currently congested. There are over 180,000 unconfirmed transactions, and because of the large sizes of most exchanges' batched payments, they like to wait until the network is less congested before sending payments out. This literally saves them THOUSANDS of dollars in miners fees by waiting a few hours or days... This could be what is happening to your withdrawal.

If it's a deposit issue, then chances are that, like @BrewMaster indicated, your transaction fee is lower than the average fees on the blockchain.

Give us some more information so we can give you more details and advice. Cheers.

Don't let misinformation be the death of your knowledge into cryptocurrency. Lightning Network is NOT the end all be all solution to the scaling issues that we are currently experiencing. It requires a second layer to the Blockchain, and stops becoming a decentralized peer-to-peer platform at that point. We have to put our full trust in the off-chain network, which means we will have to put our trust in the only organization types that can bankroll such a large payment channel: the banks.

The best solution would be to accept alternative currencies, such as Bitcoin Cash or Ethereum. The only challenges you'll begin facing are the lack of users who hold any of the alts that you decide to accept as payment.

If I may, the best option for you is to start putting cash aside from your sales, and after taking out your profits and operational budget or whatever, use the remainder to exchange directly with someone for Bitcoin. Use www.localbitcoins.com to find a reputable seller, and start doing this on a weekly/monthly basis. There are plenty of reputable sellers on LBC, and you may even begin to develop a stronger relationship where you can create a schedule with an individual so you can bypass all the fees incurred by LBC.

Think creatively, and you'll be able to get into Bitcoin in no time. It's just a matter of finding an alternative solution to the ones you've mentioned wanting to avoid. If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me, and I'll be more than willing to try and help you come up with ways for you to get into the game.

Cheers, and welcome to Bitcoin.

Joe

I agree with @Vod. Everyone shills Bitcoin as being the 'be all end all' crypto, but it's currently flawed and I believe it to be past the point of reparation.

With that said, cryptocurrencies are undoubtedly the future of money, and Bitcoin did pave the way with the introduction of the Blockchain. As more and more companies realize this, they'll take Kodak's lead and start creating their own digital currency... Kind of like a secondary stock market option for their customers and proponents.

I just signed up for Kucoin because of this thread. Looks pretty amazing, and the Kucoin Shares have really taken off since the exchanges inception. Thanks for the recommendation, and I hope I got in at the right time lol. I just picked up some KCS, as well, so I'm curious to see how much I can actually make from the exchange fees "profit sharing" with the amount of coins I have. I'm pretty pumped about this lol

Unethical? Hardly. CMC can do whatever they want. They don't control the market or the prices in the market; this just goes to show how volatile the market really is. It's the crypto users that panicked and dumped the market.

If CMC were to give advance notice, that would have been enough for them to become labeled as market manipulators, and they'd lose much more credibility as a reliable source for coin info.

I was just re-audited recently, but wondering if you can do me a favor and provide me with a list of the fake followers I have so I can remove them from my profile. If you can do this for me, I can provide you with $10 in BCH. Can you let me know if this is possible? I’ll message you my twitter address if you can. Thanks in advance!

Faucets are a great way to learn about Bitcoin IF you’re patient. They’re definitely not what they used to be, and are rarely worthwhile for various reasons, unless you’re in it for the long haul. First, it takes many months to accrue a balance that is worthy of withdrawing without sacrificing a loss to the current transaction fee issue, and secondly, a lot of small transactions/withdrawals can create multiple inputs, which will increase transaction sizes when trying to spend your bitcoin later.

I will say, however, that if you have a lot of influence and the ability to create a solid way to gain referrals, you can earn a bit just by referring users to faucets that pay out a good referral commission. I know times are different now vs when I got into the game, but I used to earn 0.1-0.5BTC per month from referral commissions alone. This is back when BTC was worth under $1k each, so the BTC amount is definitely not the same, but the opportunity to earn is there if you’re patient and have a persevering personality.

This is called short selling, or day trading, and it's used by professionals around the world in the finance industries. Not just for crypto. I made a decent amount of profit when short selling when I first started getting into crypto, as well. I'd use several exchanges, and over time learned which exchanges were a sort of "premonition" for other exchanges... You know, certain exchanges would always show a pump of a certain alt, so I'd know to pick it up on the other exchanges where the swinging value hasn't set yet. The beauty of it is just as you recognized... If you sell a coin for BTC, your BTC value won't change, regardless of how much USD or the value of the coin you traded goes up or down.

If you're lucky, you'll find altcoins with pretty drastic and noticeable differences in value between currencies. It's rare, but there have been times where I've dumped a coin to a large buy order in BTC where the value was much higher than USD. I'd sell my coin to fill the buy order, take the BTC, and then buy USD. I'd then exchange the USD and use that to buy the very coin I sold (for BTC) at a much lower rate than what I sold it for... All within seconds.

I eventually stopped short selling, as it was a full-time thing, and the potential risk for losing out on a botched decision is high. But you seem to have the right idea, and ultimately, you can make quite a decent profit if you have the intuition, which based on your original post, you do.

Good luck, and welcome to cryptocurrency

Check out https://chainswap.io. Is that similar to the type of service that you're talking about? It's so much easier than having to manually calculate the value of a certain crypto


This seems like a pretty simple thing to do if you're fairly decent at math. You can clearly see how many altcoins you exchanged, and at the price that you exchanged them for. Convert that into a dollar amount, and then do the same conversion for the coins that you're holding at current values. Subtract the original exchange price, and the difference is what you should be able to sell at a profit. It's a manual process, but the cool thing about most exchanges is that you can indicate how much of a coin you want to sell using its own value, the value of BTC, or the fiat value of whatever you're exchanging it for. Check out the multiple options when creating a sell order.

Everything about BitConnect screams Ponzi. Exchange and Lending, okay... Feasible as a legitimate service, but it's all just curating false trust for their coin. They've created a self-regulated platform, but it's not a decentralized exchange, and the possibilities for stealing all your coins are definitely there. They tote investment opportunities all over the site, but to me, it appears as if they're just trying to pump more volume through their platform to contribute to their exit strategy... Yeah, it may be legit, but after repeatedly researching the company and service, it still screams Ponzi to me.