Better or not it depends on what aim you would like to achieve. in case you want to make investments for long-term period, to my mind it would be better Bitcoin to choose. But if you want to invest in something another and use in your everyday life, the USD is better choice, because Bitcoin is still expensive in transactions and fees for most people... but about manipulation - I am afraid that all fiat money is under control of government, and in some way Bitcoin is manipulated also... by whales and other influencers of the crypto world...

Oh, I must admit you are very optimistic))))) of course I believe in the brightest future of crypto, but I am afraid that mass adoption will not come very soon. Of course there are services that already try to use crypto for payments and so on. I even saw on the clothing market market in my city such a nameplate - "you may pay in crypto")))) it was really funny to see something like that there in that place)))) but still fees for transactions and lots of nuances hold people back from using crypto in ordinary life...of course I have some assets in crypto and believe that some day this will be the means like may be some other money...the question is that it is more likely that it will not happen very soon...

 I am agree with words about credit cards. Too many people can't use crypto in everyday life because transactions and lots of nuances are difficult for their understanding. Lots of people would prefer to use ordinary credit card that do not need some manipulations yhat crypto still needs. But in case the government would decide to implement crypto into payment systems all over the country, it would not be a great problem i think...The other reason that this country has rich and poor clans like lots of other countries have, and rich people prefer to concentrate the crypto assets in their hands rather then allow to become masses rich))))) may be that's why this country is so strict as for to crypto?...

After 2017 year and great times in cryptoworld for everyone it was hard to accept the fact, that lots of assets and enormous opportunities had been lost forever. And of course telling the truth it would be a real lie to tell that there were no stress after loosing in 2018, but ups and downs it is the life, not only in cryptocurrency world this rule works. So first of all it is the experience it's no doubt. And the main thing is your mental and physical health. It is the most fragile thing I think. If you remember about this no other thing will matter so much. Nothing will make you go mad. Without yourself no money or crypto will have any sense.

So all these questions are from the category - "what will be if...". But these if may happen, or may not happen. In case such things happen there will be lots of sad and disadvantaged people on the planet. Lots of people will go mad, and even dead)))  sorry, but in case all governments conclude a secret agreement and at the same time forbid the crypto, may be all these questions even will not have any sense and everything will look like in a more simple way. But to my mind it is a nonsense. But even in case crypto disappear one day, if it is possible, I do not think that life is over after that)))))) just be attentive to changes and do not be sure that everything is everlasting...

I do not think that there is any war against Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Yes, some regulations in the financial world appear or change from time to time in every country. But in case there was a war against crypto, believe me, it will not exist so long time. It will disappear in half of a year or so. And big men from the big world of politic they really have such mechanisms how to organise such things. Everyone understand this. But what about fud - you know fud existed and will exist till the last man on the planet will be dead))))) it is a thing that is living for so many centuries, even not years. It is a pity, but it's the integral part of the human nature.

Replacing gold Bitcoin could get such an opportunity to become the number one in the whole world. But we know that it is not possible. Bitcoin is a mire digital thing, gold is a more physical one. They just are from different categories. They two are not equivalent. That is why one can not be replaced be the other. More over, Bitcoin for the larger part of the whole world still stays like something unknown, unpredictable and is not supported by some physical thing, that for the most part of the society plays a great role in choosing the direction for investments. Nothing will change untill the peoples' mind changed.

You are quite right, the crypto and the Bitcoin itself are very popularized in society and pop culture, they became very famous for last years. Of course not so many people are ready to dive into crypto with all their assets nowadays. But I can not agree that such kind of advertisement will not work at all. Some months ago I saw such beer shop with the first "B" symbol that looked like Bitcoin symbol. The name of beer shop is BeerCoin. Of course there was no services there in that shop dealing with real Bitcoin, but it made me and my husband to become curious and we did not pass through it, but visited and even bought something. I think that advertisemets or something like that always work in case to do it in a not standard manner. And it always gives the good result in case the advertisements are well designed. May be those who did not want to be interested on crypto earlier will become really interested after some good advertisement)))))

Wow!))) It was pleasant to see some news like that, really. So it makes to think that still there are people who are really interested in developing of crypto, tries to do something in this direction. And as the advertisement or promotion in such a way is not a cheap yhing, especially in Singapore, it means that they have money for this. Hope this advertisements on cars will not stay just the advertisemets and will work successfully. Because there were lots of projects in the history of cryptocurrency, but they nowadays are nearly forgotten and that is all. But you know, Singapore is just country that looks like a country from some other universe for me)))) they can surprise pleasantly))))  as for Bitcoin and advertisement of such kind - may be yes, or may be it will not work. Nobody knows. But some interest of the society it might attract I think.

 The story of the kiddie porn site or service has a good continuation, with good investigation results, and of course I am very happy that this result is against organizers of such service. It is great that Blockchain and such procedure like Know Your Customer (KYC) played really useful role in this situation. Despite of such a risk to loose your assets or become vulnerable because you send all your data to lots of services, in this case it played really great and positive role. The one sticking point in whole this story is that such services ( and it is a pity, but it is true) find other ways to prolong their life, and of course only low-level workers will be punished. I am afraid that as a rule the main organizer of such service is still and will stay in the shade till the time when all this story will be forgotten. And after that he or they will continue this dirty business again..  

Yeah, these reasons are the main why Bitcoin is so interesting for people. The only thing is that this profitability is very conditional. Because your profit depends not only on the price of Bitcoin, but it depends on your ability to evaluate correctly the situation on the whole market and the situation with the Bitcoin itself on this market. But of course it is a real chance to get some good profit, it gives lots of opportunities in case of your successful investment. And of course it is really new type of service for our century.

Potentially Bitcoin has lots of chances to be with us in future. Of course this technology looks like some real discovery of this century. And of course it will be alive till the last man on our planet loose the interest to it. But we see the real growing interest of society to blockchain and Bitcoin as well, so hope this direction will be developing more and more. It is hard to predict nowadays the future of Bitcoin for lots of years, but for today it is strong, and even the most reliable coin in my opinion among the variety. Nevertheless we should not exclude the option that some day Bitcoin may be replaced. Of course like others I hope it will not happen, because we really interested in the developing Bitcoin rather that in its falling down. But the future will show us everything. And nowadays we should just enjoy))) enjoy that we have such an opportunity to have at list hope that one day investments will give us so expected profit))))

Thank's God I have never been stolen. But it is a pity, my close friends were, and I would say even more, noone has such strong guarantee that it never happens to him. Of course it is not very safe to keep your assets on the exchanges, even in case it is strongly protected. It is better to use wallet on the separate gadget that is not used by you for other different things like searching information, watching films or downloading some of the programs. Too many risks everywhere. I like MyEtherWallet, but there are some cold wallets that really good in use. But first of all it seems to me your safety depends on the kind of wallet you choose, but first of all it depends on your being attentive and your maximum following the rules of using your gadget.

Oh, it is a typical situation in the world of profit and money. Some are too inventive and make great really working schemes and pyramids.  Really simple and ingenious. And some people are sometimes too greedy, sometimes too naive, sometimes just too inattentive to details. And such of people, they find each other in different parts of the world. And as result such kind of situations happen. Sorry for sarcasm, but why this person named Bob or whoever he is had not stoped after first investment?.. did he try to find some more information about this scam team in the internet, chats, forums or telegram groups where lots of people are engaged in crypto, where there are lots of people with their own experience in crypto world?... It is a pity, but no police in the world will help him now, no other actions will bring the positive result in order to get his invested money....only move further on and be more attentive before investing such amounts of money in whatever it may be....((((( Just think twice...

You know, I am absolutely outraged by the facts, where children are used in such a way... but you know, this topic is alive for a long-long period of time. Kiddie porn has not appeared with the anonymous way of payments, as well it has not appeared because of the creation of the cryptocurrency or blockchain. Such kind of people also use cash for this, or some other types of payments that are too hard to search or to prove. the problem is not in the anonymous coins, but in not health peoples' heads. I do not think that in case the crypto will be forbidden (just imagine), the kiddie porn will disappear at once. it is a pity, but it is a fact.

Of course every opinion is valuable and has the right to exist. But you shouldn't think in such a pessimistic way. May be comparing with the 2017 year the interest to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency became lower, but it is not losing its popularity at all. It depends on the region may be or exact country. But in case you look on this question more globally you will find out that it is still popular, even very popular. And the interest sometimes falling a little down, but after is rising again. There is some opportunities or services in the Internet with the help of wich you can check the level of the interest or google searching for the concrete topic, for example Bitcoin. There you even can see the popularity in different countries all over the world, the rating of the topic Bitcoin in different regions of the concrete countries. Of course these data may be not very precise, but you are able to make some approximate conclusions. And interesting fact that the most demanded topics are Bitcoin and Bitcoin price.

It is a predictable thing. Cryptocurrency has become a bit popular and recognizable, so it is naturally that defines of such things appear more and more. Mentioning about Satoshi, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and so on I met in different dictionaries, not only in the Oxford Dictionary. And it is great, I think. It means that people are searching the information about this direction and such kind of definitions are demanded.
For example from some of online dictionaries, when you try to find some information about satoshi, this one appeares - "It was founded in 2008 by this anonymous programmer using a pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto".
May be not always the information or interpreting of information is precise, but some time ago it was hard to find even this in the Internet. To my mind very soon even more definitions will appear.

Да и не только по aigang)) таких историй множество...кто понадеялся на то, что как-то оно ещё так и будет, всегда прирост, никаких падений, ощутили цену своей ошибки сразу же....сейчас уже многие пересмотрели свои стратегии и цели. А вот касательно серьезного подхода инвестирования, конечно же, это безопасность - первоочередно. Помнить о возможных рисках, они есть всегда. Не быть самонадеянным. И прежде чем инвестировать во что-то, взвесить тщательно многие нюансы. Тщательно изучить тему с разных сторон.

Это да, люди стали намного избирательнее в выборе, куда вложиться и потратить свои ресурсы, но монеты не перестали создавать...конечно их в сравнении с предыдущими годами стало меньше, но отказаться полностью от шанса что-то сорвать выгодное так и не перестали. Есть те, кто выпускают монеты под какой-то продукт...чаще встречаются сейчас проекты игровых платформ.

Да, к сожалению это отличный путь к контролю за всеми движениями граждан...и естественно, китайское правительство не упустит такого шанса. Зачем им в таком случае биток. Но через какой период времени она наберёт реальных оборотов и такой же мощи как биткоин, пока сложно судить. Ведь обычные холдеры битка, которые прекрасно понимают нюансы, вряд ли просятся скупать эти монеты....хотя чисто из выгод поторговать, что-то заработать - возможно...