Wrong move. If you offer a user payment to remove a negative trust from your profile, that act on it's own is worth a red tag, and since you want to settle by payment, does it mean you're guilty?

Bitcoin mining is really contributing in the global warming but as others are saying even banks are doing the same maybe when the time comes that bitcoin replaced the currency fiat system then it will be an acceptable use of energy and contribution to the global warming.

You seriously need to think several times before you jump into crypto. You need to learn what is crypto first.

Its a sudden But regrettable News that the SEC has ones again rejected a Proposal Regarding BTC, this time by ETF. somehow i saw this comming especially after an earlier rejection of a  Winklevloss ETF which proposed physical trading of BTC.  The rejection reasons are the same old ones., Market Manipulation being one of the major. To me this is an expression of how badly the SEC wishes they could control BTC and as long as they dont have the control button, no proposal will ever go through. with the current red market situation, im certain that somehow, the decision is going to have negative effects on the BTC value. Which brings the concern of WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE CRYPTO KING

Let's create a fictitious scenario where Satoshi sends a message in a way that can be validated/verified < PGP key > and he notify all of us that he is bankrupt and has no access to his coins.  

If this is verified, would you send bitcoins to Satoshi, like people did with Andreas Antonopoulos?

We have seen people sending tips to Satoshi's known Bitcoin addresses and to date, bitcoin’s maiden address has received 16.7 BTC in tips, worth around $107 600. <This has never been claimed>

Will you send bitcoins and if you do, why?

If you will not send bitcoins. Why?

when will the bitcoin fee be reduced or moderated?
i mean that even if the bitcoin value rises or falls the fee is constant in bitcoin ,unlike in ethereum where the fee is fixed not in eth but a particular USD value.
when will this improvisation take place in bitcoin?

1) Too much stress.

Yes, I believe you understand me. My mood depended on one or another token value. I couldn't work sleep and eat. I was checking value for 15-20 times per day. I could not live like that any more.

2) Too much time.

Again, when you are checking value for 10-15 times per day it takes a lot of time. I was always tired and exchausted.

3) I started playing blockchain games (not gambling).

It could be called another addiction but I don’t care. I do like it much more. It interesting and funny. It seems like blockchain games take too much time and money. However, it’s not! Trading and bounty take waaaayyyyyy more!


UPD #1

I've noticed a lot of questions about blockchain games. Here is my games list on product hunt https://www.producthunt.com/@house_lama/collections/blockchain-games

UPD #2

There is a good blockchain shooter War Field. it’s 100% not scam so I can send it here. you can read details about this game here (I don’t send direct link to their website not to make them advertisement) https://gameunculus.io/blog/96

In general, Islam does not recognize any currency that is not covered by gold, silver, and other assets.
Based on the above definition, all current currencies are not considered as money according to Islamic Sharia.
Muslim scholars in the current era added an exception to the currencies not covered by gold provided that there is a hand issued and guaranteed value such as the Central Bank.
Therefore, most Muslim scholars do not recognize bitcoin but may change in the future.

Found this which you guys may be interested in: https://medium.com/@Sophiecosmic/things-you-didnt-know-you-can-buy-with-bitcoin-today-bfc59e4261fa
I am breaking it down here...
- Since 2013 you can pay with bitcoins to get some food at Subway at Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- In 2016 Netherlands’ Burger King started accepting bitcoin as a payment method, you could get one free Whopper for every Whopper purchased with the digital currency.
- You can get beer and snack at Great Lost Bear in Portland, Maine, a glass of Swiss’s wine, taxi’s ride in Argentina or Hungary or basically everything in Japan.
- Luxury lovers can get a Tesla 3, the Rolex of your preference at JavyEstrella.com, liposuctions or even a luxury pent house in the Big Apple or Australia paid in bitcoin.
- Make donations, use it on craigslist, get airplane or Powerball tickets
- Pay for tuition in universities like Cumbria University in England , The University of Nicosia in Cyprus and European School of Management and Technology.

If you have anything else where bitcoin can be used, share them!

Bitconnect looked like a pyramid scheme from early on, and it had a ton of warning signs. If you missed the fact even a ton of people on youtube told everyone that bit connect was a scam, so you didn't even need to notice it yourself.

I want to know why people got involved while knowing that it was a HORRIBLE scam from early on?

I read on some forums and facebook groups that mining bitcoin is not profitable now so they convert to altcoins mining. But it still depends on your specs, how much it costs you to build it and your monthly utility bills. Still profitable but I think mining altcoins is more profitable now.

Is it safe to manage multiple bitcoin wallets from one pc?

Bitcoin has evolved on different frontiers over the years; project development, value, public opinion, government interest, and of course there's the nay sayers constantly puzzled while it's still existing and always predicting it's end.

Early days (2009 - 2010)
Bitcoin did not always receive this attention, it was launched in January of 2009, by Satoshi Nakamoto  few months after the domain name bitcointalk.org was registered. Most of its users then we're tech inclined individuals some who did it for fun as a hobby


Bitcoin had it's first ROI in mid 2010 as it gained parity with the USD. After then it experienced a steady rise in users and the community started to grow. The first major setback came in August  2010 when an error in the system which allows users bypass economic restrictions was exploited and 184 bitcoins was generated.

This was also the year were Satoshi stepped down for the reins and faded into obscurity, apparently handing over to Graven Anderson who was the lead technological expert

Notwithstanding, popularity and confidence continued to grow and agencies started accepting bitcoin as donations, merchants started to slaowly wake up to it and some companies even offered her workers the option to take home a part of their salary in bitcoin.

2011 - 2013
In the price front, bitcoin grew exponentially during this time and also dropped as rapidly.
It reached $31 in 2011 dropping to $2 at the end of the year.
2012 was a slow year.
Then there's was a split in bitcoin transaction log during early 2013 and for a few hours, there were two bitcoin networks operating simultaneously.
This sparked off a very volatile year for bitcoin peaking at $1242 but also dropping  very suddenly. It was basically a pump and dump scheme during this time.
In the area of adoption there was steady growth during this time. Coinbase recorded selling $1million worth of bitcoin in a single month in 2013 and the open source code allowed organizations and platforms to freely use the system.

Mid Time (2014 - 2016)

This period was also met with even greater adoption as more outlets, merchants, companies, agencies and by now governments were getting actively involved in bitcoin.
It was no longer viewed as a pump and dump scheme but a valid investment option and an asset class.
Price movements were slow with reduced volatility compared to previous years (although still high) ranging from $200 - $800 during the time.
Now in addition to tech gurus, investors, traders, and individuals were getting interested.
Documentaries based on bitcoin were also released during this time.

2017;

Bitcoins legitimacy continued to grow and it gained credence, adoption also continued to grow rapidly with interest from all corners, academic and legislative. Governments were getting more actively involved as well.
And in March, it eclipsed the then peak set at 2013 ($1242) and this set of a massive surge which saw a new peak of $17900 set in Nov of 2017, which remains the current peak till today.
This was also the year of ICOs as bitcoins rise encouraged and supported similar rise in other digital currencies. This was the year bitcoin announces itself again to the world. And the issue of scalability became more prominent  as the protocol was struggling to cope with increased usage.
In 2017 BCH, BitcoinCash was forked out of bitcoin and this increased a single blocksize to 8MB. We have had other forms since then.

In between all these were important but too numerous to mention all, there was the costliest pizzas ever bought also the whale who was 'schooled' when he/she tried to manipulate and drop the price, and also reports of hacks with millions of dollars worth of bitcoin stolen.

2018 so far;
This year has been my favorite crypto year (my only year actually as I joined late) and it has had the most stability and it's support level has held off higher than any other year.
Some would argue that it has been a bearish year, especially when compared with.2017, but it has also renewed interest on the product and not just the profit.

What do you think the future holds...

How can you invest in bitcoin without being scammed? There are people using very fine techniques like selling bitcoin cash in name of bitcoins using confusing websites name. How to be safe from such scams ?

My question is if it's still worth buying Asic's and start mining BTC in 2018.

If not mine BTC what other coin is it worth to mine nowadays?

I think, a lot of us saw Bitcoin like tool for freedom. Now most people look at this like opportunity for enrichment. I don’t think that rich equals freedom. I know a many rich people’s. They are far from freedom.

It is now evident that just cryptocurrencies is not sufficient to achieve the goal. We need a State at our side. But current States seek to preserve the old order.

State it is a community with uniform rules. Territorial principle don’t need for creation of the State in the 21st century. So what do you think what's to stop us to come together and creation a new State now?

i am new here and i came to ask fellow users about how practical bitcoin as payment method is? i paid for domain on namecheap via bitpay and it was okishh experience. I mean how much i can use bitcoin to pay online for shopping,services and goods?

As we know Samsung is one of the biggest and famous phones, smartphones, tablets producers in the whole world and now they are planning to make there own mining software. Is this a good news for us bitcoin users? I mean what are they aiming for?

For more info just read visit the link: https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-is-reportedly-making-mining-hardware-for-cryptocurrencies/

Bitcoin transfers even between countries on average the administrative costs are very cheap. Obviously more profitable than banking transactions, the administrative costs of which are still expensive.

I hope that all banks can see opportunities for Bitcoin to be utilized. Although I acknowledge the central bank's concern if Bitcoin transactions are used for prohibited matters.

One step that can be done by the Bank is to allow Bitcoin transactions on condition that they have to be registered on a special platform. Later the patform must be accompanied by a central bank permit.

This means that all bitcoin transactions must be recorded by regulators, now there are many illegal bitcoin transactions without permission and without supervision from regulators.

There is one country that can use it, for example in Japan that allows transactions with Bitcoin, even for payments in retail stores.

The government in Japan actually allows retail stores to accept payments via bitcoin. There are 4,000 stores that accept bitcoin payments. So far there are no problems. Even the Japanese government is making its own cryptocurrency.