I haven't used another cryptocurrency yet. That may sound surprising considering I've been using BTC for more than 30 months, but when I look at the market caps of all cryptos ( http://coinmarketcap.com/all/views/all/ ) BTC is just so much bigger than all the others, that I see no reason to look elsewhere. Still, I would appreciate a fully anonymous crypto.

There are no fixed and absolute limits. The number of transactions per block can vary hugely. What you shall consider is that the Visa credit card network can handle hundreds of transactions per second while BTC can't.

The article is quite right, but there isn't a precise definition of a blockchain. It's not written in stone. I may say a blockchain is a public ledger shared among several computers which automatically update, but the number of computers is not set, nor the type and size of data inserted.

Vietnam?
How many shops accepting BTC?
How many BTC ATMs?
It's a good place to get a new suit, that's about all I know about this country. Well, some of their women are really charming, but I guess that's not the subject.

The Basque region is the only rebellious region in Spain. The other regions hardly exist besides in the recent history books. Catalans say there were created from scratch when the country set up administrative regions last century.

I don't see Catalonia getting independence soon. Catalans still have a lot to learn, and they hardly exist outside of Spain. Scotland, and the Scottish people, are far more advanced towards their shared goal.

I guess I will. Carrying cash may follow the same path. Governments want to control all financial activities, but there will always be wild guys who don't want to be monitored. I don't have a smartphone for that reason.

Maybe you're not British. I'm not, and British weather is doing all it can to prevent me from spending time in the UK, and yet, I have more experience with £50 notes than you have. I haven't used a credit card this week, nor the week before.

Yes, there's a war on cash, and I'm proud to be in the resistance. I once had 8 1,000 CHF notes in my hand (only for a few minutes, though), and let me tell you something: it's a really great feeling.

Decentralized and pseudonymous, of course. I wish those 2 properties could be made even more secure in the future. I don't know much how it could be done, but I don't like that most mining now is in the hands of a few BTC farms owners.

I hate all social networks and what one of the feature I like best about BTC is that's nearly anonymous. Having my picture behind my BTC address is the last thing I want. And I'm not saying that because I'm using BTC for buying illegal stuff, I just like my privacy.

No, sir! Big mistake. I'm surprised you're making it. To join the EU, all existing members must accept the new member. This is why Macedonia can't join, Greece is blocking it. Spain will block Catalonia from joining, France too because a little part of it, historically, was part of Catalonia, and Italy too, will probably puts it veto to prevent the Northern League from following the same path.

The € will remain the de facto currency, but it would be terribly dangerous for Catalonia because it will not have any say in European policies. In case of trouble, their fate would be worse than Greece as it would be illegal for the ECB to help them in any way.

I was in Barcelona on the 11th, there were huge crowds in the streets, most of them good looking people, but I'm not sure they fully understand what's at stake.

There's nothing new here. In many countries already, website owners can be prosecuted if they allow racist comments. The breach to your freedom of speech is already here, and it will only grow larger.

This supposes raising taxes in BTC and paying civil servants with BTC. I'm not expecting that in the near future. It would take an entirely new generation of politicians. Those that we're having today, they wouldn't know how to live without an unlimited money supply.

Location, location, location. You cannot talk of real estate in the USA as a single market. there's absolutely nothing in common between the market in Pacific Palisades and the market in rural Iowa.

We NEED a new Bitcoin halving. The sooner, the better. Miners are still creating more than one million BTC per year. Without any other halving, we would reach the 21M limit by 2020, and the BTC world is not ready yet for a limited money supply.

@Zeroxal: I'm proud of you. Men shall be able to do whatever they want with their money without any government's being aware of their acts.

If you don't want to pay tax, that's good. Best thing a man can do. Tax money pay for wars, Earth destruction, and turning free men into passive sheeps via a socialist schooling system.

I have a solution for you. You need to find a front. You'll hand that person cash (you'll have to meet him), and he will buy BTC for you, registering the transaction in his name. Expect to pay at least a 10% fee for that service.

Don't get too excited! The guy is just looking for a way to impose negative interest rates. This isn't a valid motivation to use BTC in my book. That's the problem of central bankers, they don't think like the rest of us.

Let's not get too excited. This is only a proposal so far. Nothing has changed yet, but it's clear the present situation is bad, it cannot last. There's a double taxation for BTC right now in Australia. This prevents it from gaining popularity.

I've seen some women hiding banknotes in their bra, and some other in their socks. Both banknotes were used and accepted wherever they needed them, with the people receiving those banknotes without any after-thought.

Money's money.

I doubt they'll get many students, unless tuition is free. Better study economics. BTC's only a very small part of it. Same thing for the blockchain, it's better to study programming.

The network proved much more resilient than last time. I had problems with 2 transactions during the last stress test, but I haven't noticed anything during that one. Does anyone know if it was "smaller" than before?