The start of a new year is a time for reflection; for looking back at the past and planting the seeds for a better future. It’s the one time when people are motivated
to spill out their optimism in the form of sincere - if not always realistic - new year's resolutions. And it couldn't be any different with bitcoin and crypto.
Let’s face it, 2018 wasn’t the greatest year for bitcoin, or crypto in general. From all the 2017 optimism and dreams of widespread adoption, 2018 was more of a cold bucket
of water than the promised crypto land. Overall, prices have dropped repeatedly and the general atmosphere at the end of this year is one of gloom.
It’s understandable, if you haven’t been in bitcoin for long, that it may seem to you like bitcoin is finally dead, or at least dying. To hear all this talk of an upcoming
crypto winter end-all like a Game of Thrones season finale is to miss one of the most important points here:
Winters end.
But just as years end and as new ones begin, bitcoin has outlived all its
336 obituaries so far. It happened before, and
for people in the space, this time isn’t different. Bitcoin isn’t dead; in fact, as it approaches its tenth anniversary, it’s only just starting.
The whole ecosystem, if not as heated as in 2017, is nonetheless thriving, with many projects starting to deliver and use cases spreading across the board.
And you know what? As every revolutionary technology has repeatedly proven throughout history,
“first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
That’s our crypto resolution for 2019 -
but we want to know yours!Win bitcoin for your 2019 Crypto Resolutions!
To kick the year off with a bang, we are asking our players and bitcointalk members to share with us their Crypto resolutions for 2019.
Should you stop buying shitcoin? Maybe HODL till kingdom come? Or perhaps you’re determined to have your mom get her first coin?
If can refer to bitcoin, or any other cryptocurrency. Tell us your plans, or what you intend to use crypto for (if anything).
It can be about lambos (but we know you can do better), or something else, entirely - it’s up to you.
You can use any background - a blank card or page, an image, a gif, and just lay your best (or worst) wishes for crypto in 2019.
As long as you write it in your own words (and keep it civil), it’s good to go.
Here's a few examples to get your creative juices flowing. Remember though, you can use any other background, including animated gifs or meme-style images:
To Enter:
To enter, simply post your wishes in the thread below, or on
Twitter @Cloudbet using the
#CryptoResolutions hashtag.
The competition will run until 10:00AM UTC on Monday 14th January, so you have plenty of time to get your entries in!
Prizes!
There's a tasty 0.30 BTC prize pool that will be split between our top 10 favourite entries.....
But wait, there's more! We'll also be holding a raffle, with the winner receiving a
Nano Ledger Blue wallet!
The first 100 entrants that follow the rules qualify for a ticket, and the winner will be selected using the BTC blockchain for transparency.
Each entry will be assigned a number, based on the order it was posted relative to all others, starting from zero. So, the first entry is 00, the second is 01, and so forth.
After the competition closes, we will post a list with all entrants and their respective raffle numbers. The winner will be determined by the
last two numeric digits of the block hash for the
first block after
14:00AM UTC on Tuesday, 15th of January.
In case there are no matches, the winner will be determined by the following block until there is a match.
That's all from us for now, so good luck, and here's to a great new year!
Ronnie @ Cloudbet
