Only people who will continue to complain about everything will be bothered about the "mysteries*. Its even safe to say its what you looking for that becomes a mystery to you, if you don't bother about it, its just there and not anything close to being a mystery. For me, I understand that its OK not to have all the answers. Its OK for some questions to remain unanswered over a long period of time and most importantly, its more profitable to make earnings from the crypto eco system with the established model (trading being the most important of them all) from those who go about looking for answer that you ended up in more mystery than you originally have.

In the spirit of being practicable with the situation of things, not being pessimistic but its going to be hard to reach such high point before the end of the year reason being that the factors you have there, even if all of them turn out to be positive, it does not just by default send price to all time high. Its a  process and a gradual one that if the increase is on a sporadic rate, it also sends a message that caution needs to be exercised rather than rejoicing over the current happenings.

ETFs at this time should just not be an option to start to consider as the likely pish point for the increment that is expected because judging by past happenings, it would be unwise to start putting hope on that in which at the end its to get disappointed. If it will come, all good but no banking actions on it.

Other factors are also something to consider but really, nothing much should be expected. The only thing that is feasible enough to make some marginal push is the conscious effort to increase market activities.

Discussions like this are evergreen because it goes to the fundamentals of majority of people as religion determines to a large extent how we see life in totality.

For the Islamic countries, I think when the time comes, there will be room for adjustments to happen in the ways things are done. In the past in Saudi Arabia, women were not allowed to drive but today its open even at some period, women were not allowed to seek elective positions even not too long ago was the granting of citizenship to an AI robot in the country.

The point is, at some level people would continue to see the potentials in modernization and the technologies that comes with it. When they analyse and review, they would come to a conclusion as to whether to accept it or postpone it to a future date.

For me, I will take politics above all others because the very direction any country will go is dependent on the decision of the political class. They are the one that will make the law, they will implement it and would even put machineries in place to ensure there is room to address conflicts when they arise. There are several developments and repots that have been suggested but because there is no political class commitment, it continues to gather dusts on the shelf.

On the issue of corruption, I believe there is hope for a country that practice democracy as it gives opportunity for change of government to bring about a forward looking government that is bent on eradicating corruption will push their will towards using technology to achieve that and that's where blockchain comes in handy. It is this force that would ensure that blockchain is utilised to the fullest rather than the micro ones individual are using it for their own selfish needs.

If all the heads of government have this kind of power to implement anything the moment they get into power, it would result in either two ways. One the world might have been a better place or the we start to groom another set of human demi-god who would turn out to be tyrants and no one to call them to action.

Your intentions are good based on the implementation blockchain to the process of government as corruption is one key thing that can plague the development of any society. However, just jumping into the deployment of blockchain would create additional problem if its not a properly thought out process. In the implementation, people are involved in ensuring that it goes seamlessly so also they can sabotage the entire process and at the end it won't achieve the intended objective.

Your topic is misleading. "Some countries" is different from "countries". What you listed there is some countries and not all countries because there are surely several countries that have made a statement on bitcoin whether negative or positive while others are still consulting and discussing about what line of action to take concerning bitcoin.

Its good that some of the countries that you have identified especially the ones open to bitcoin are worthy to be commended but majority of them are thriving environment for bitcoin because most of the countries are still understudying what to make out of the technology which eventually might change their stands while at the same time those that have chosen a negative position can still review their stand later in the future.

This is really a great news that should be publicised as it has gone beyond all of the theories and approaches that we have seen to the point of practicability of it use to the benefit of the existing system and people. The issue of medical records have been an issue that becomes an herculean tasks especially in the case of emergency where the patient cannot be called upon give account of his/her medical history of the list of things he is allergic to, the operations he has underwent in the past all other details that would have been missed in the bureaucracy of data movement from one hospital to the other.

Another worthy commendation is the approval needed by the client before such can be done and I think this would guide against the abuse that could happen as a result of that and I think the approval should also be extended to include next of kin when the patient is incapacitated to act on his own.

The extent of growth is not going to be easy yo establish at this time but one thing is sure that the growth will be limited to mainstream acceptance because of the lacking of approval from government. However the growth would not be significantly stunted in that it would still be growing at an incremental rate for two reasons

1. The blockchain which is the back bone of bitcoin itself. This technology which is being developed to be applied to business operations would continue to provide unending solutions to problems. There is no way we talk about blockchain, and bitcoin would be irrelevant.

2. There would always be quasi approval and that would make the growth a constant thing. Of course regulations would be rolled out to ensure actors in the market are playing according to the rules and investors fund is secure, it does not mean its legalised as a legal tender.

Its unfortunate that a site like C-cex with so much respect that it has been able to garner in the crypto space over the years that they have been operating could turn out to be something like this. Reading the recent messages on their ANN thread has not been encouraging that everything seems to point to an exit scam strategy what made it worse was the three months vacation saga and the selective honouring of obligations that I see happening over there.

All points to one direction, if you have used a service in the past, before you trust them again, ensure you do your verification to be sure that the level of professionalism and credibility you left them with is still being maintained or else you get to blame yourself for not taking the extra care and by that time, it becomes too late.

I wouldn't be bothered about whether they implement SegWit or because as a business, its in their prerogative and they are exercising such. The main reason why I feel they get to relax is because of the drastic drop in transactions fees which makes it not a significant cost compared to their counterpart that have implemented the upgrade assuming that is not there, we won't be having this discussion as users willingly would have migrated from their platform and they would be forced to implement which I believe is not really that difficult.

Another factor is see is that major upgrade like this takes time as it involves transitioning from the ways things are done to a new way. Recently they change domain which falls under that and now combining it with SegWit could mean a lot to them. With time, they would adjust.

However, 2018 is still an ongoing year and they can still be held liable for not keeping to their word until the year is over, we can then call them out.

Personally, rather than having to start searching the Internet for those that accepts bitcoin and you have to go a step further to establish their credibility because the moment you send your bitcoin, you are now at their mercy to fulfil their own end of the bargain I would convert into fiat then pay for the service. This would not only expand my choice to pick from reputable organizations but also, I get to save cost which would be as premium that I would have paid using the bitcoin option.

In every human endeavors, dedication is key and the reason is because things don't happen most times on first attempt but conscious determination backed with dedication would bring out the expected result.

In the case of crypto, the survival up to this point is as a result of dedication that cannot be doubted as several events have happened in the past while some are currently happening that have tested how committed people are in what they claim to believe that blockchain is a technology that has come to change the future. Without even bothering to list actions plans or efforts that are done subconsciously, the sum total is focusing on the outcome that everyone get to rejoice.

Saying it does not make it believable as investors would need more than mere words to put their funds in your care for use because it needs to be backed by practicability which is the sole of every investment and this can be done in presenting a feasibility report that would show what the fund would really be used for and how its going to be applied and not something vague like you have there.

However, something caught my attention which is the cash reward payment in the amount invested. This is rather an ambiguous statement

Is the 10% a form of buy back in the sense that if I invest $100,000 and I get $10,000 in the first year, does that mean my investment in the company is now $90,000? If that is the case, then you need to review that because it does not give premium on those who invest in the business and not taking into consideration the time value of money.

If the 10% is really a cash reward that does not diminish my investment, then it means you are promising a 10% dividend every year. This is far from sustainability of a business and its important you do your statistics very well so as not to make commitment that you won't be able to keep.

The distinguishing factor here is control. When you can still establish the control, over something, you practically own it and that is what AI is all about. Despite the continue development of AI, its still subject to human control and the moment the threat the human existence is being established as a result of that, government and the people I believe would not hesitate to shut it down. We have seen several medical research and development in the area of drugs, mutation, cloning etc including technical research turned down because it goes against human dignity.
 
The same thing cannot be said of bitcoin and why government is against it is so obvious to everyone as the reason why which is because of control that they are unable to establish. The moment there is a breakthrough in that area, all of the attack will stop and focus would be on how far they want to go in exercising their new found power. So, in essence, its not about biasness but about invested interest that needs to be protected.

You have got some interesting idea up there but its looks too simple for it to go that straightforward and bring out reward because that would mean every scam tokens out there with some operating in the jurisdiction that can be sued to court would have been made to account for their actions and payback whatever they must have falsely enriched themselves with some period of jail time in form of consolation.

However, the part of the legal cost is what sounds confusing, up there, it was $1. But how would $1 be enough to file the court papers, hire attorneys, do investigations, print briefs and other incidental costs to be incurred in the pursuance of a case in court. That part looks impracticable. Another concern here is the jurisdiction where the people are to be held responsible are based and not all places have developed legal system that would fit into this model. How would they be held liable for their own actions or they are exempted at the moment?

Why should we start expressing hope because of the selection of certain people into the committee while the composition could mean something, its not enough to express hope until the decision is eventually made because when decision that involves ETFs, it goes beyond the committee. The committee can decide to its favour but all stakeholders in the financial industry would be needed to ensure its success which means if all those variables are not put properly addressed and made to fall in line, it's dead on arrival.

Aside that, federal positions are not something you used for the benefit of your primary constituency as that would mean partisanship that every professionals would want to do against and avoid it to be that obvious in their decision making.

The purported attack against bitcoin by the banks when looked holistically is nothing short of "make believe ". In the sense that because most government is yet to make their position known on the technology, they tend not to be at the forefront of the matter but behind the scene, several research and development are going on that will be surprising to every one eventually when its launched as banks compete between themselves to be the first to launch a particular technology.

Even today, various committee that are currently discussing on the implementation of blockchain/ bitcoin would still consist of top bank officials as they are the ones government would call upon to formulate policies compared to a developer working from garage.

Several methods have worked with different people but as a caution, you must remove the idea of buying because most times its always full of bots and for the bounty that are serious, Twitter audit tool can do justice by exposing the number of fake followers which bring you back to where you started from.

For me, I had initially struggled with building followers but taking it by the head is opening a new one with crypto related name. This for one gave the purpose of what its about on first look. There after, I changed the wordings to crypto related ones such as #btc, #bitcoin, #ico etc and most importantly is 'follow back' in addition to using a twitter tool that sends message to anyone that follows me by appreciating them and encouraging them to be patient as I will follow back.

With the above, I then limit the people I follow to those who have it on their own platform that they will also follow back and that has proven to be a working solution. It takes perseverance but slow and steady, you can get there.

That is not the right word because despite the challenges that is being faced, never is not the right word. Several years ago people would have said same sex marriage would never be allowed but today it has happened. Several years ago some people would have agreed that a Blackman would never be US president but it happened and another relevant is the issue of cannabis which of course would have been said cannot be legalised but today states have changed the narrative to the surprise of many.

Bitcoin ETF would still be approved but it will happen when we all don't expect it. When everyone is not even banking on a positive outcome. Mainstream adoption is the continuance gradual penetration of the importance and the solution that it brings. That will bring about mainstream supported by policies.

Profitable is subjective because you don't know which one would turn out for the best in the end its just that the uncertainties that surrounds tokens payment makes bitcoin much more valuable than any of that.

The bold part got my attention in other to understand why you have to suffer for two weeks because of this and it points to the direction that you need to expand your sources of income. Its wrong and frowned upon to focus your activity on the forum on earnings to meet your needs which would likely lead you to making bad decisions. Instead of bothering and worrying about that, invest in learning the art of trading to get decent returns and you won't worry your head on making the perfect decision of fruitful token. You can even get to the point of being part of signature campaigns for leisure purpose and contributory alone.