[ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning

[dr.cheema]

One week ago XRP was trying to overtake Ethereum but failed. 
Ethereum still standing high at second position, as we are seeing crypto still stable i think something big is coming.
https://blockonomi.com/ethereum-price-prediction/

[jwplayer0]

early months of 2018 XRP hit second rank for some days coinmarketcap but after some day maybe weeks ETH get back to second rank and I think it will still be in the future

[Mrpumperitis]

WOW, thanks Etherscan team 

https://twitter.com/nexofinance/status/1049999983909449729?s=21

An awesome milestone for the #NexoEverywhere integration campaign: our dedicated “Crypto Loan” button is now also on @etherscan, the most used Ethereum explorer. Tens of millions will now see Nexo’s crypto loans, a unique proposition of instant cash and HODLing at the same time.

[dishku]

early months of 2018 XRP hit second rank for some days coinmarketcap but after some day maybe weeks ETH get back to second rank and I think it will still be in the future

Ethereum have more superior tech and legit way of the business but on other hand XRP have so many controversial stories. ETH will become more strong and difference will be more big in coming days at any time this could explode.

[goldart]

early months of 2018 XRP hit second rank for some days coinmarketcap but after some day maybe weeks ETH get back to second rank and I think it will still be in the future

Ethereum have more superior tech and legit way of the business but on other hand XRP have so many controversial stories. ETH will become more strong and difference will be more big in coming days at any time this could explode.

XRP is not a decentralized coin.
I think the price is fair now if one look at the performance o the network because now we have so many competing platforms.

[operabit]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

Crypto should have been used to buy whatever we want, the fiat system is too complicated for some people who want complete freedom. Hoping that in the coming year I can enjoy it in my country.

[alevlaslo]

Very pleased with the work Vitalik, pays his money to the winners of the hack tests, a very responsible approach to work. ETH is not Komodo, hackers all over the world are interested in it, the update should be tested for years! In this part, in a very good position ETC, he always first looks at the events with the ether. I want buy, but he has a high risk of attack 51, Nicehash can rent, this the only thing that restrains.  Some exchanges of course protect themselves from attack, for example Bittrex first transfers the user's Deposit to another account and it first waits for 80 confirmations, only then the ETC appears on the user's balance

[zahidmoon]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

Crypto should have been used to buy whatever we want, the fiat system is too complicated for some people who want complete freedom. Hoping that in the coming year I can enjoy it in my country.

well complete freedom is in crypto not in fiat. soon crypto will override on fiat.
today ciatuation of the market is not good . market is bleeding again almost every coin and token down today
eth is down 11% in 24 hours. but i think its not to worry 

[longestday3030]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

Crypto should have been used to buy whatever we want, the fiat system is too complicated for some people who want complete freedom. Hoping that in the coming year I can enjoy it in my country.

well complete freedom is in crypto not in fiat. soon crypto will override on fiat.
today ciatuation of the market is not good . market is bleeding again almost every coin and token down today
eth is down 11% in 24 hours. but i think its not to worry 

The whole financial market is in a blood bath. Stocks and bonds are down. It took bitcoin down with them. We'll have to wait if there is hope that hot money will come to crypto.

[raske]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

what kind of VISA card are you reffering? cause most of VISAs I know, you cannot spend directly crypto, you have to sell crypto for EUR/USD/GPP or other fiat, than spend it like a normal debit card
so, is up to you when you will sell crypto to have available funds on your account, right?
the volatility could be a problem where you are spending crypto directly when the transaction is made (on POS or be other web payment gateways

[Golden Moon]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

what kind of VISA card are you reffering? cause most of VISAs I know, you cannot spend directly crypto, you have to sell crypto for EUR/USD/GPP or other fiat, than spend it like a normal debit card
so, is up to you when you will sell crypto to have available funds on your account, right?
the volatility could be a problem where you are spending crypto directly when the transaction is made (on POS or be other web payment gateways

I think he is talking about it.
cryptocurrency is changed to fiat, and paid at grocery.

[alevlaslo]

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/blockchain-used-to-sell-real-estate-for-the-first-time-in-the-eu-1027598772?utm_content=78189915&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[alevlaslo]

Vitalik posted the address of his wallet, it is clear that the network is well decentralized, the creator has of a small proportion of coins only

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1050126908589887488

[alevlaslo]

[shivansps]

we are finalkly seeing a stability in prices
this is good for crypto, not to be volatile like it was last year this time

Lol, if crypto is going to be stable then what are you going to do with it? I don't like stability at all, I do like volatility. Why?
Because you can trade volatility and gain profits. Volume spiking not on the stable market, as you we all see now when the price of Bitcoin is chopping volume is dramatically decreasing so market becomes illiquid. Volatility is good for everyone and actually, that's why everyone loves crypto.

I am using ETH to buy at my local grocery (sure via Visa card  that is replenished by fiat coming from crypto exchange) so I would prefer to have low volatile Ethereum to project my living.

Yeah, it's all fine and understandable but to adopt the market we need the whole ecosystem to improve. We need volatility to attract more traders and later we can be less volatile when we would have at least 1/5 from forex market

[alevlaslo]

Bitcoin will not be able to remain the first until it increases the speed of transactions at least to the level of ether, in the store you can make a payment in 15 seconds, and in half an hour in any way

[wgd]

Bitcoin will not be able to remain the first until it increases the speed of transactions at least to the level of ether, in the store you can make a payment in 15 seconds, and in half an hour in any way

Speed transaction has nothing to do with coin adoption/popularity. There are some technologies that could be implemented in bitcoin without changing block time (0-conf, Lighting Network)..

Vitalik posted the address of his wallet, it is clear that the network is well decentralized, the creator has of a small proportion of coins only

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1050126908589887488

or he has more hidden address which he didn't disclosed to the public 

[alevlaslo]

the second hot address is there, they are visible in transactions. It can be seen that Vitalik loves MKR and OMG tokens https://etherscan.io/address/0x1db3439a222c519ab44bb1144fc28167b4fa6ee6

[raske]

Bitcoin will not be able to remain the first until it increases the speed of transactions at least to the level of ether, in the store you can make a payment in 15 seconds, and in half an hour in any way

but ether was not designed to become a payment method, ethereum is a smart contract platform, bitcoin is a base layer protocol
in the near future we will see what crypto payment coin/protocol will have a mass adoption
ethereum itself will not be, mybe some other dapp build on ethereum ofcourse, but there are lot of dapps platforms where you can build your crypto payment solution

[alevlaslo]

the main advantage of the ETH is the inability to produce ASIC, bitcoin is very centralized and depends on China

and the advantage over EOS is that a PoW. For this reason it is undesirably to pass only to PoS, at least in the hybrid mode has to remain PoW