All Free: January 2019

Key Trends and Developments for Blockchain and Crypto in 2019 - What do you think is most important?

What are some important milestones you are looking to see implemented in the 2019 Crypto year?I would say scaling would be the biggest on my list, followed by a few really useful Dapps that make a global impact.Faster Speeds for Bitcoin TransactionsAn Increased Demand for Blockchain SpecialistsA New Ethereum UpgradeDecentralised Apps Are on the RiseCrypto Financial Products To Launch on the Stock MarketsLink to articlehttps://bitcoin.com.au/key-trends-developments-blockchain-crypto-2019/

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 12:43PM

COSS Exchange

This was originally a response to someone asking for exchange recommendations and I thought hey why not share it here... Purely informative, no referral links:You should check out Coss.io... They had a rough start last year, but with the release of COSS 1.2 this past December, which included a brand new trading engine and user interface, they are beginning to prove all the doubters wrong. COSS 1.2 has received great reviews from the community and is only the first feature release on their path to COSS 2.0. It's also proof of their tremendous efforts throughout this bear market, when so many projects flat out bailed on their promises.Key Features:COSS Token holders are allocated with 50% of all trading fees collected on a weekly basis through the Fee Split Allocation (FSA)CFT token holders get 25% trading fee discountsOne of only a handful of exchanges working tirelessly to meet regulatory requirements (based in Singapore).Corporate membership in ACCESS (the Singapore Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association)One of only 7 exchanges with a CCXT certification.Great customer supportVery communicative, open, transparent, and engaged with the community.Don't just take my word for it, see for yourself: http://bit.ly/2RvEEcp certainly hope you like what you learn & experience with COSS and decide to join our community, but if you still prefer to look elsewhere, Coinbase is most people's first venture into crypto & Binance is most people's top choice for Alts.Welcome to the Crypto Revolution. Happy trading.

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 02:12PM

Monthly Skeptics Discussion - February, 2019

Welcome to the Monthly Skeptics Discussion thread. The goal of this thread is to promote critical discussion and challenge commonly promoted narratives through rigorous debate. It will be posted and stickied every Sunday. Due to the 2 post sticky limit, this thread will not be permanently stickied like the Daily Discussion thread. It may often be taken down to make room for important announcements or news.To see the latest Daily Discussion Megathread, click hereTo see the latest Weekly Support Discussion, click here Rules:All sub rules apply in this thread.Discussion topics must be on topic, ie only related to critical discussion about cryptocurrency. Shilling or promotional top-level comments will be removed. For example, giving the current composition of your portfolio, asking for financial adivce, or stating you sold X coin for Y coin(shilling), will be removed.Karma and age requirements are in effect here. Guidelines:Share any uncertainties, shortcomings, concerns, etc you have about crypto related projects.Refer topics such as price, gossip, events, etc to the Daily Discussion Megathread.Please report promotional top-level comments or shilling.Consider changing your comment sorting around to find more criticial discussion. Sorting by controversial might be a good choice.Share links to any high-quality critical content posted in the past week. To help with this, try searching through the Critical Discussion search listing. Resources and Tools:Click the RES subscribe button below if you would like to be notified when comments are posted.Consider participating in the monthly Pro & Con-test, formerly named the Pro & Con Contest which will be stickied inside the Skeptics Discussion on the 1st of every month. Since it is a pilot project, the rules and format may evolve over time. See the offical contest thread for more details when it gets posted and stickied below. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 01:16PM

Dad: “How’s bitcoin or whatever it’s called doing?”

http://bit.ly/2HHply0

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 10:05AM

Daily Discussion Megathread - February 1, 2019

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Submitted February 01, 2019 at 12:46PM

IOTA says bulk of $11 million stolen tokens found, hacker worked alone (“Investigations showed existence of fraud originating from the website iotaseed.io, targeting users of IOTA, Europol said.”)

https://reut.rs/2Tr0wb0

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 07:55AM

New Cryptocurrency Podcast (First Episode) - Let me know what you think Reddit

https://youtu.be/TBZMNuYLIEc

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 09:11AM

Seriously, WTF is going on with CMC? They have been asked multiple times to remove FATBTC from Quant markets as its definitely fake vol, but they refuse to. We have to shame CMC cause the only reason I can see is they are receiving kickbacks from exchanges like these.

http://bit.ly/2D8EIKn

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 10:30AM

Binance: The World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Will Let you Buy Bitcoin With Credit Cards

http://bit.ly/2Bds2BL

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 11:25PM

Evolving the dApp User Experience with Meta-Transactions

http://bit.ly/2ShJuyp

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 04:02AM

It's a sign.

http://bit.ly/2DMp88F

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 07:51AM

QuadrigaCX will officially file for bankruptcy. Source: Quadriga’s website.

http://bit.ly/2S4h5gl

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 04:52AM

SBI CEO dropping bombs on SWIFT. Future R3 Ripple integration

https://mobile.twitter.com/Dillon/status/1091029123223437312

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 02:48AM

VanEck SolidX Bitcoin ETF was just refiled

https://twitter.com/barrysilbert/status/1091047706594820098

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 01:59AM

Quant Network sees huge adoption of the Overledger platform

From within the developers portal the following statistics are shown:113 registered devs15 mApps registered1.66 mil QNT taken out of circulationThat is a huge chunk of the supply, and its still very early.Thoughts?http://bit.ly/2Uz3Sc5

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 03:29AM

Video Games Are Just a Passing Fad - Milton Bradley (1977)

http://bit.ly/2TpBskm

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 01:32AM

Spent all of last year putting together this mural based on Cryptocurrency called "Loss Vegas". There are over 100 characters. Satoshi, Charly Lee, Jihan Wu, Nouriel Roubini, Roger Ver, Vitalik, Tim Draper, Kanye West, Notorious BIG, Tai Lopez, Elon Musk, among people recognizable and many more!

http://bit.ly/2TpOtKT

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 12:18AM

Best comment ever.

http://bit.ly/2GdiUA8

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 11:40PM

Tron BTT edited their medium post from 1:1 airdrop ratio to 1:0.11 ratio. No announcement.

Here is an article quoting the original medium post: http://bit.ly/2B8tnJJ clearly says 1:1 ratio more than once.The article now says 1:0.11 ratio for the first one, and "not sure" what the ratio will be in the future.edited post: http://bit.ly/2TjX6GO users bought TRX in anticipation of this airdrop, but I'm still seeing comments on r/tronix even as of today that think the ratio will be 1:1Blatant duping of investors.

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 10:33PM

The Ethereum 2.0 Dev Team is finalizing the specification for the first phase of sharding. This probably means the first testnet is a couple weeks away.

http://bit.ly/2G07sJ4

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 09:24PM

Nasdaq makes major move towards crypto Market

http://bit.ly/2Wv2poT

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 08:27PM

Reports from the SEC advising to 'Stay away from Tron'

http://bit.ly/2HIoFbt

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 07:19PM

Binance opens the fiat floodgates, accepting credit card payments for crypto - The Block

http://bit.ly/2MMjWoc

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 07:05PM

STOs - I gather few useful resources that simplify this new trend

One of the main reasons I made this list is because I heard about STOs a few times already but I didn't have a clue what it is. So, I'm not saying you should invest in STOs, but if the market involved into new directions (and it seems in the last few weeks it does) it's important to know what it is.1-What is even STO?2- All you need to know about STO3-What is Regulation and why STO needs it4-ICO vs STO who wins?5-Security tokens in the US: regulations and exemptions under the SEC laws6-The future of STO's7-The Pros and Cons of Security Token OfferingsTD;LR Many of the ICOs were actually STOs and even now some ICOs issues token that fit in the security category thus making them un-regulated STO, so this field still Relatively breached, not every STO is regulated and safe, a lot of them are just STOs in ICO disguise. In addition, STO stands for Star Trek Online ground and space building

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 04:47PM

Blockchain In Gambling And Betting: Are There Real Advantages?

http://bit.ly/2CWMzul

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 04:41PM

First time I see commercials on several national dutch channels on television

http://bit.ly/2Tq9JAc

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 02:57PM

NEM Foundation, on Brink of Bankruptcy, Plans Layoffs and Pivot - CoinDesk

http://bit.ly/2BaYggU

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 01:36PM

R.I.P NEM Foundation - Message to the community

http://bit.ly/2SfLszu

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 01:36PM

Hard Forks and Soft Forks. What are they and what’s the difference?

http://bit.ly/2FYxBrx

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 12:12PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 31, 2019

Saw this in the mall in Texas. First time seeing one here. Wasn’t here this Christmas

http://bit.ly/2FWhj2B

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 08:00AM

Can someone help me better understand bitcoin (and all alt coins) vs the blockchain?

Hello all, I'm trying to educate myself over bitcoin protocol and the blockchain in general. I understand the blockchain from a basic understanding and that bitcoin is produced using an algorithm on the blockchain. So are all coins on 1 blockchain just deployed in different spots? Like bitcoin has a blockchain deployed somewhere, ethereum has that same blockchain (like a copy of bitcoins just set up for ethereum) deployed somewhere else, etc etc? That blockchain is the same "backbone" everywhere but the coins produced are different? Where does scalability come in, is that built into the block chain or the coins produced? I understand PoW and PoS at a basic level as well but are those 2 different types of blockchains? Why can XRP do 1500 TPS and bitcoin cant? If there are any videos you recommend watching or articles/forums to read I'd love a link, I want to educate myself on blockchain and bitcoin protocol as best I can. Thanks!

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 09:27AM

Nasdaq Is Now Working With 7 Cryptocurrency Exchanges

http://bit.ly/2RsZl9c

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 09:05AM

WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin) Is Now Live On Ethereum

http://bit.ly/2SfnJiU

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 08:05AM

IMF Chief Praises Ripple, Says Banks Are About to Be 'Cannibalized'

http://bit.ly/2CRRdK0

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 04:32AM

lol, I'm essentially making $10,000 by filing my crypto taxes.

Before i dive into this...I need to rant for a second...I first learned about the tax implications that come with cryptocurrencies in the US earlier this fall (about September time frame). At the time, I was down around $32,000 total from when I first got involved in crypto about a year prior (yes I did buy the hype and I'm paying for it now).I was blown away after I learned that because the stuff is treated as property for tax purposes, I somehow needed to report EVERY SINGLE trade that I have ever made to the government. I also needed to know the US dollar value of the cryptocurrencies that i was trading at the time of each individual trade to properly report everything. For someone like me who has done A LOT of trading, this is literally IMPOSSIBLE. Seriously there has to be a better way to tax this stuff cmon... (later on I found out that their are now sites that automate this process like cryptotrader.tax and cryptotaxhub)Okay initial rant over....So as I started to dive into it more (and after discussing things over with my Uncle who is an accountant) I found out that because it's classified as property, I can actually write off my losses in crypto on my taxes if I can sort through the giant mess. My enormous losses can then actually be used to offset other income and GAINS that I have made in other areas of my life.This whole process got me thinking...I realized that if I sold off a property that I bought about 3 years ago that has accrued in value quite a bit (it's a piece of land in Minnesota), I could use my losses from crypto to offset my huge gains from selling the property. So, I did exactly that and sold the lot at the end of November. This is where it gets awesome.I made about $50,000 in gain from the sale of the land. I would typically owe a tax on that entire 50k gain; however, because i offset those gains with my crypto losses (32K of loss) I only have to pay taxes on 18K of gain from the land sale!I essentially saved $10,000 on my tax bill by filing my crypto losses. Take that government!!It's the one bright spot in an otherwise terrible year for crypto... but it's pretty awesome because your crypto losses can potentially save you a good amount of money on taxes.

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 02:09AM

Don’t worry, we’re gonna get there.

http://bit.ly/2WomOMe

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 03:52AM

Welcome to the new IOTA Documentation Portal

http://bit.ly/2MFjKH7

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 01:51AM

Is you thought cryptopia was bad, try this "India's largest bank forgets to secure key server with password, millions of users bank balance and details leaked" Lol

http://bit.ly/2Sh61LQ

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 12:56AM

Upfiring's Official Dapp Release goes LIVE on February 6th, 2019

http://bit.ly/2FYQZ80

Submitted January 31, 2019 at 01:12AM

Bounty0x tipping guide

http://bit.ly/2HCeVQ5

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 10:07PM

"What is 'internet' anyway?" A video reminder that at one point all technologies that have changed the world were baffling to the people. Check out this video from 1994.

https://youtu.be/UlJku_CSyNg/

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 09:43PM

Acting Attorney General Supported an Alleged Scam Tied to Crypto

http://bit.ly/2S0LFaz

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 09:51PM

Ex-Tron Employees are exposing Binance and Tron P&D

http://bit.ly/2UumD0d

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 11:19PM

Energinet and the IOTA Foundation to Drive Internet of Things Integration in the Energy Ecosystem

http://bit.ly/2FXObYu

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 10:43PM

Devery Roadmap 2019 — Phase One in Review and Future Plans

http://bit.ly/2FXSymm

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 10:25PM

What will ATH investors really do when the bulls show up?

Like many others here I'm down over 90%... I only invested 1k and didn't buy any dips so even if my portfolio were to recover I wouldn't take any of it out. The other day I read someone on this sub who hypothesized that people who just want their principle back will fuck with the market for years to come by pulling out right when they break even... I've been thinking about that for days, and it's like.... Will they? I feel like people who invested more than they could afford to lose would actually be more likely to put MORE in, than take out their principle in a bull market when they're waking up to giant green dildos every morning.

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 07:49PM

SEC targets Kik’s cryptocurrency, Kin, as a potential security

http://bit.ly/2G8tPem

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 09:28PM

Factom Inc announces client libraries for Python, Node, Java and Elixir are now available for Harmony Connect. SDKs coming soon!

http://bit.ly/2RnQc1n

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:49PM

Checkout this interview with PO8 CEO Matt Arnett. He's trying to make the Bahamas a crypto hotspot

http://bit.ly/2G8KtuC

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 06:29PM

LIVE VIDEO - SWIFT Chief Announces Integration With R3 (R3 Corda Settler works with XRP)

http://bit.ly/2WvHIsM

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:51PM

SWIFT Chief Announces Integration With R3 At Paris Fintech Forum

http://bit.ly/2Se1mu5

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:50PM

Announcing TokenCard Visa® Debit Cards: Soon™ Step 2 Completed! ✅

http://bit.ly/2FYqQ9h

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 04:38PM

Enjin Launches In-Wallet Token Swap with Thousands of Trading Pairs

http://bit.ly/2Sdud1S

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 03:49PM

Mapping out ALL the Bitcoin Forks

http://bit.ly/2G9W3Wf

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 04:25PM

Paid Shill (Carlos Matos Diss Track) Official Audio

https://youtu.be/tqq4ccWVzeE

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 02:53PM

Fidelity is Ready for Institutional Investors Platform

http://bit.ly/2TnteJx

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 12:17PM

The First State-Licensed Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs Arrive in the US

http://bit.ly/2RoOE7x

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 03:29PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 30, 2019

Backing Crypto Winners, Guide To Winning In The Markets | TechBullion

http://bit.ly/2Hx9txM

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 08:05AM

Cryptocurrency top-down analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILRo7XcZJE4

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:33AM

Yes, Criminals Use Bitcoin: They Also Use Cars, Cash, Mobile Phones, and the Web…

http://bit.ly/2FWikaC

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 06:14AM

Cryptopia didnt get hacked again, the hacker "stole Cryptopia's private keys and deleted topia's copy. "Basically using Cryptopia's address as his own. Brutal

https://twitter.com/notsofast/status/1090280631077167105

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 04:06AM

Tried to save everyone in this sub from the bubble, got hate from people who are now broke lol

http://bit.ly/2Rm0JKE

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 05:22AM

Cheddar ("CNBC for millenials") allowing all Brave browser users to access premium content free for the next three months

http://bit.ly/2G91iWk

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 11:17PM

Hahahah priceless!

http://bit.ly/2WsqrAV

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 12:44AM

Gemini completes SOC 2 Review - A World’s first for cryptocurrency exchanges

http://bit.ly/2sRAIJp

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 11:14PM

Iran lifts Bitcoin Ban to make 'Way for Crypto-Rial'

http://bit.ly/2MBOWan

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 11:11PM

Brave/BAT announces partnership with financial news network, Cheddar — users to receive free premium content by using Brave

http://bit.ly/2RSNo1z

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 12:23AM

Crypto Basic Weekly Roundup (BitGrail, Ripple, Bullish or Bullshit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NE6Qrqbck

Submitted January 30, 2019 at 12:50AM

That's how you know the market is down. No more Lambos!

http://bit.ly/2sTA9yH

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 10:57PM

Vitalik Buterin: Bitcoin’s Failure to Increase Block Size Worse than MtGox Hack

http://bit.ly/2DHHUhw

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 09:42PM

Easwap integrates Kyber Network’s Permissionless Orderbook Reserve, allowing anyone to permissionlessly list a Token and post bid/ask limit orders

http://bit.ly/2CQcUtN

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 08:44PM

Richard Heart just put a 20% referral program on his shitcoin Bitcoin Hex, which is starting to sound more and more like BitConnect and Proof of Weak Hands.

I swear, I wish this was just all a big joke, and on April 1st, ole Dick just makes a video and reveals that Bitcoin Hex was just a giant April Fool's joke!Sadly, that isn't going to happen. This guy made his initial money before "retiring" by scamming people on the internet selling air, bu yet people still want to give him their money.If peeps haven't learned how to identify a scam after 2017, there is no helping them now.

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 06:47PM

Why a Sub-$3,000 Drop Will Mean Bitcoin Has Entered ‘Nuclear Winter’

http://bit.ly/2CTq1KG

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 08:43PM

51% attacks are going to increase this year - small cap coins at huge risk

http://bit.ly/2FRe5fC

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 05:08PM

KuCoin have announced they will be removing a further 8 projects

http://bit.ly/2DHs1HN

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 07:10PM

Start your day off right with Bitcoin Coffee.

http://bit.ly/2RYgrkn

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 04:27PM

A Look At The Wibson Team

Now that I’ve shared insights on the project of Wibson, I want to quickly share some information about some of the members of the team that make up Wibson.Matias TravizanoMatias is the founder & CEO of Wibson. He is also the founder of GranData and previously, Binaria/Innovative Science. The foremost techwiz is a business-minded executive with a focus on turning scientific breakthroughs into high-impact companies. Mat specializes in BigData, Business Strategy, Product Strategy as well as Product Roadmap.Geoff BaumGeoff holds the title of CMO and Head of Product at Wibson and Grandata. He has a wealth of experienced with product marketing and management for new business opportunities and product expansion in large companies and startup environments.Martin Andres MinnoniAs the CTO of the team, Martin is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a decent track record of working in the information technology and services industry. He specializes in Machine Learning, AI, Blockchain amongst others and is focused on turning scientific breakthroughs into high-impact companies.Gustavo AjzenmanGustavo is the VP Engineering at Grandata and Wibson. He holds degree at the University of Buenos Aires and has a wealth of experience part of which includes stints at Al Jazeera Media NetworkEnrique Munoz TorresEnrique is the Product Advisor at Grandata and Wibson. He was a student at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-founder at Lumi Labs Incorporated. He has previously led engineering, design, and product management for Yahoo's search and advertising businesses.Kyryl BystriakovKyryl is Director of Product at Wibson. The man sees the entire product, from the smallest details to the broadest strokes. He's passionate, adaptable, and takes nothing for granted. An Alumnus of the University of California, Kyryl was the Founder and Product Manager of CleanEmail and Senior Product Manager at Fastspring for several years.Adrian ErtorteguyHe is the Head of Business Development at Wibson while holding the same position in the Marketing and Communications unit at Grandata. He brings relevant experience to the team in the area of Business Development.Fiorella ScantamburloShe holds the role of Community Management Leader at Wibson and Grandata. She has experience as Senior Community Manager while working at Nextperience in Argentina. Fiorella’s skills are based on three main axes; Setting KPIs and finding insights, Analysis of statistics, goals achieving and planning, and Social Media reports, including analysis of engagement and valuable information to improve strategy.Daniel FernandezDaniel is Wibson’s Head Developer and also Engineering Manager at Grandata. He studied at the University of Buenos Aires and is a Co-founder at inteliViaje. Daniel is well grounded in the field of software development as he boasts a rich experience having previously worked as Web Application Developer and Web UI Developer at different companies.Lisa GanskyLisa is an Advisor for Wibson. She is a Co-Founder at Boundaryless. She is an angel investor working in a firm made up of gutsy and grounded entrepreneurs and early stage investors with a focus on p2p marketplaces, platforms that tap the crowd and make our world a better place.Author - Coltpython

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 05:17PM

LyCI — the new generation of crypto. The top 25 cryptos in one click!

http://bit.ly/2G5gsLY

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 07:13PM

Decentralised storage comparison

http://bit.ly/2Rnh5Tp

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 05:35PM

Tribalism in Cryptocurrency and The Button

Who here remembers ‘The Button’?It was a social experiment initiated by Reddit in 2015 as an Aprils Fools with seemingly no purpose what so ever. The rules and setup were pretty simple. The button would count down from 60 seconds and would only reset itself if pressed by someone before the timer hit 0. Pressing the button would assign a flair/color to the user and disallow them to press it again.The assignment of color followed this structureWhat happened after the button was released, nobody could really anticipate. Factions were built around the different colors, which all defended the legitimacy of their chosen color. Soon a cult-like phenomenon arose and factions were trying to infiltrate each other to push their own agenda. Even not participating and pressing the button became a faction, with ‘non-pressers’ heralding not pressing the button and giving in to temptation.The experiment ran more than two months and included more than 1 million participants, until finally someone did not press the button and the timer reached 0. This concluded the experiment and while most were anticipating some sort of closure to the experiment, it never happened. The meaning of the experiment was whatever the users themselves gave it and it took off with flying colors. A community was built around simply pressing a button for months end with no purpose and even within said community, there were factions competing to give the experiment meaning.So, why is all of this relevant?Well, I think that ‘The Button’ is a perfect example to draw parallels from when it comes to tribalism in modern time. Earlier studies have shown that it doesn’t take more than a color, a name or an artifact to divide people into separate groups. This experiment proved just that and more so that factions will attack other factions to legitimize their own agenda. Does this ring a bell?Many cryptocurrency projects are legitimizing their existence or purpose by throwing mud at other projects. How is the cryptocurrency community at large expected to grow and be taken serious with so many internal factions that are preoccupied with attacking each other rather than help adoption? I understand that everyone suffers from confirmation bias and that seeking congruency is sometimes a driving force behind decision making.With the size of the current cryptocurrency market, there is plenty of room for everyone to grow and thrive and there is really no need for internal fighting. There should be no competitors in this industry, only potential partners.

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 09:44AM

"i made a google sheet script to pull data from CoinPaprika and get all of their api data in your favorite spreadsheet"

https://twitter.com/any1ops/status/1084190385059102727

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 03:20PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 29, 2019

Biggest Elephant In The Room With Cryptocurrencies That Nobody Wants To Talk About

From day to day all the optimists here seem to completely ignore the elephant in the room. They keep talking about 'increased' adoption, about how vechain or IOTA or Stellar, whatever keeps gaining partnerships after partnerships. But, they seem to forget the basic principles of economy. Let's talk about it right here right nowSo, cryptocurrency is called 'currency' for a reason. because it provides economic value. For a currency to rise in value (outside speculative perspective) it needs to have a real demand. But the problem with crypto optimists is that they like to mix demand for blockchain or DLT (distributed ledger technology) WITH demand for cryptocurrency. Unfortunately, the two are not the same although I admit they can be indirectly connectedTake a look at all IOTA partnerships with big corporations. None of them require IOTA token. all these corporations are not required to hodl or spend IOTA token in order to use the tangle. so, what drives the demand for IOTA token? nothing. just speculation. you just speculate that one day people/machines will utilize the token inside the tangle. there's no real demand here. compare it with USD where majority of people in the United States use USD to buy homes, to pay debts, to pay employees salaries, etc. Those things are real use cases. Again, use cases for the Tangle are not the same with use cases for IOTA tokenThe same can be said about any cryptocurrency out there. "Oh, I heard these banks are using ethereum blockchain to settle $xx billion" but them using ethereum blockchain does not mean they had to buy large amount of ETH. you only need 0.001 ETH to make 1 single erc20 transaction. that's actually a very bad business model for ethereum foundation as they need to constantly dump ETH on the market to fund development while their own ETH's use case is just to pay for smart contract gas fees.Crypto fanatics need to go back to drawing board and ask themselves "what is exactly the use case of this cryptocurrency?" and stop mixing blockchain and cryptocurrency because they are not one and the same. corporations utilizing blockchain A or blockchain B does not mean they will drive the demand for the native token associated with those blockchains.

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 10:26AM

Analysis: Long Term Bitcoin Trends

I just finished writing my most recent letter to investors and thought I would share it with Reddit as well."Welcome to another edition of the Boss Crypto “Letter To Investors” series. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule for us.The last week has been relatively uneventful, as I expect the next part of the cycle to be so I took some time to write an analysis of longer-term Bitcoin trends.The MarketsI believe that it is important to talk a little bit about where we are right now. My opinion is that we are in the depression stage of the cycle. A lot of altcoins are down over 90% and that is a big number.Do you know how far Amazon stock dropped in the tech bubble from January 2000 — September 2001 (20 months later)?It dropped 95% — Sound familiar?During this time nobody wanted to touch it, the market could only think of negative reasons why the price would go down forever. Investors were pessimistic, and nobody had the courage to act.Some companies died, forever, but what came next was the re-birth of something 100x bigger. It went from a tech bubble to the tech revolution. And you wouldn’t be here if, at some stage, you didn’t believe in the blockchain revolution. Now, we don’t know now what companies will be the next blockchain Amazons, but we are looking for them every day. And we will find them.While we move through this stage of the cycle, capital will be tight, and we need to be even more prudent with our investments. Keeping portions in cash, taking profits earlier than usual or making long term investments that you intend to hold for long periods of time. And even with these long term investments, you should have exit rules, both profit — and loss.Price cycles around a trend. This is something we all know.Using trends as forecasts for the future price of an asset are simply extrapolations of the past into the future and there is no guarantee that the previous trend will repeat exactly. I believe they offer a good amount of insight into the flow of price, yet would not trust it, for example, to predict the exact dollar value of Bitcoin in 2021.The below is a simple breakdown of the past trends as they were before the bulls took over and blew the price to crazy highs.This phenomenon is in no way just related to cryptocurrency trading and investing. It happens in every market. Why? Because humans are involved in every market.https://i.redd.it/e2bbthvxdad21.pngFirstlyYou can see the % retrace marked in blue. And you can see the horizontal green box, which was the depression stage at the end of the 2015 bear market, duplicated to today's market.SecondlyYou can see there are two main lines that I am looking at.The highest of the two was the 2012–2013 bullish accumulation period before the major breakout at the start of 2013 and the second is the bullish accumulation period from the end of 2015 to the start of 2017 before the major breakout.As you can see, the second accumulation trend was at a slower incline than the first, and I believe that was caused by a much larger collection of money in the pool.From this data, I would then make the assumption that the next bullish accumulation trend, after the depression period, will also be slower than the 2015–2017 trend, yet might catch up at the peak of the breakout.ThirdlyYou can see similarities in volume. I wanted to talk about this because the volume charts look similar across most exchanges that were trading Bitcoin during the last bear market. The amount of volume in both the bull market and bear markets of 2017 and 2018 was lower than the volume of the 2014–2015 markets.However, the shape is the same:A build-up of EuphoriaMass PanicUncertaintyMore PanicUnknown in 2019, and in 2015 we saw more uncertainty, or as I am referring to it: Depression.ConclusionThere is no way that we can know for certain what is to come, and it is unlikely to repeat exactly however this picture does show us a clear picture on the past market performance in all times, across all emotions. It is a complete picture.The depression cycle is always (not just in cryptocurrency) the most important to be vigilant to new investments. While a lot of old projects will succeed, a lot that came through in the ICO boom are dying, new ones will be there to take their place.To your 2019,Boss Cole, CEO — BossCrypto"

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 11:06AM

You don't have to be an economist or financial expert to see the danger to the entire crypto market if something would happen to Tether. Tether is now Too Big to Fail. Crypto is going through 200 years of financial history repeating all of it's mistakes at hyperspeed.

http://bit.ly/2B5XQs4

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 04:09AM

I have this relic picture from my portfolio a year ago stowed in my phone... Good old times...

http://bit.ly/2DFVXUO

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 03:08AM

IOTA Revolutionizes International Trade: Track and Trace Container Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5jX8VAyzUs

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 01:53AM

NEXO abandoned their investors?

I'm sick of these ICOs and their promises.They raise such amounts of money that any other kind of business can only dream about it, but deliver but a fraction of their promises.Nexo promised us these things by end of 2018mobile app walletcredit cardadditional collateral optionsminimum loan 100$ limitairdrop campaignresolve voting for the best coinaudited Financial statementregular dividends (when will be next dividend ??)Nothing was delivered and what we got instead is silence or some lame excuses in the best of cases.(i did not post this in the nexo subreddit because it would be instantly censored)

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 11:53PM

Tether is #4... just ridiculous

http://bit.ly/2fYx1LN

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 10:53PM

Ethereum Game Rewards Players with over $20,000; Battle Between Tron, EOS, Ethereum Continues

http://bit.ly/2CSvktU

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 11:48PM

The biggest TGE so far on the Binance launchpad platform - 35.64 Billion BTT (BitTorrent's new Token) was sold out in just 14 minutes and 41 seconds

http://bit.ly/2sSyklr

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 11:54PM

Perfect summary of Binance Launchpad BTT shenanigans... LOL

http://bit.ly/2TilM2z

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 10:55PM

TurboTax has an "I sold or Traded Cryptocurrency" option when filing taxes online.

http://bit.ly/2RQurfX

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 09:55PM

Are we all crazy? Are we making a big mistake? I don't think so but the markets are telling me otherwise. Why?

Everything that I read about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is (mostly) positive. The tech is stronger and better than ever, huge ecosystems are getting build, communities are coming together, more and more people understand the tech and its advantages, actual securities are getting onto the blockchain, fiat currencies and centralized transactions companies like paypal are showing their limits, ... Sure, some altcoins will disappear and there were a lot of scams. But a lot of companies that had ICO have been working hard and their product/services are slowly coming to light and will boost the ecosystem even more.I could go on all day. Everywhere I look, I see hope, positivism, optimism, excitement, dare I say love?I'm so sure cryptos are going nowhere that I've used all what was left after the current terrible bear market to develop crypto-themed playing cards. So let me tell you, I'm in, deep.But the markets... they keep tanking, and tanking, and tanking. Everyone keeps predicting bottom, but honestly, for all we know Bitcoin may go down to $1000. Nobody can predict anything in that matter. I know that price isn't everything, that high price isn't a goal in itself, but it's a "sign". A sign that people are buying the tech, buying the ideas, buying the philosophy.I guess I'm sort of scared that I may, that we all, might be crazy. Have I been blinded by something? Am I not thinking clearly anymore? Are we the crypto generation that's going to be left behind?

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 08:28PM

Introducing Vexchange: a decentralised exchange on the VeChain blockchain

http://bit.ly/2Wp8UJV

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 06:16PM

The Bomber was at fault for the loss and is required to return as much of the assets to his customers as possible

http://bit.ly/2RTgKgm

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 04:52PM

liqui.io exchange - gone

Recently, we were happy to announce the change in our policies. We gave you the right to decide whether you want to be with us in our Crypto Exchange journey by accepting the changes.Much to our regret, after this step Liqui is no longer able to provide liquidity for the Users left. We also do not see any economic point in providing you with our services. However, we do not want to return to where we were a month ago. Hence, we decided to close all accounts and stop providing our services. It broke our hearts to do that.more info - https://liqui.io/

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 04:23PM

Firano is not negligent, but a criminal

These are startling revelations:"between February 2nd and February 5th, 2018 — days before Firano would make his public announcement about the 17 million NANO loss — Mr. Firano had deposited a total of 230 Bitcoin (approximately $ 1.8 million) in a personal account on a BTC-EUR cryptocurrency exchange called The Rock Trading. Mr. Firano had also attempted to make withdrawals from ATM machines linked to his Rock Trading account."He took all of us for a ride with his lie.This guy should be locked up in a cell. A US cell at that...

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 04:22PM

Liqui is closing ALL accounts. Withdraw your coins before its too late.

https://liqui.io/

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 03:04PM

THE BITGRAIL EXCHANGE RULING: A WIN FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE USERS

http://bit.ly/2DDd89r

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 03:14PM

CEO of Van Eck Associates: Demand for Bitcoin is Moving to Gold

http://bit.ly/2FRH2ZS

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 02:59PM

Monthly Skeptics Discussion - January, 2019

Welcome to the Monthly Skeptics Discussion thread. The goal of this thread is to promote critical discussion and challenge commonly promoted narratives through rigorous debate. It will be posted and stickied every Sunday. Due to the 2 post sticky limit, this thread will not be permanently stickied like the Daily Discussion thread. It may often be taken down to make room for important announcements or news.To see the latest Daily Discussion Megathread, click hereTo see the latest Weekly Support Discussion, click hereRules:All sub rules apply in this thread.Discussion topics must be on topic, ie only related to critical discussion about cryptocurrency. Shilling or promotional top-level comments will be removed. For example, giving the current composition of your portfolio, asking for financial adivce, or stating you sold X coin for Y coin(shilling), will be removed.Karma and age requirements are in effect here.Guidelines:Share any uncertainties, shortcomings, concerns, etc you have about crypto related projects.Refer topics such as price, gossip, events, etc to the Daily Discussion Megathread.Please report promotional top-level comments or shilling.Consider changing your comment sorting around to find more criticial discussion. Sorting by controversial might be a good choice.Share links to any high-quality critical content posted in the past week. To help with this, try searching through the Critical Discussion search listing.Resources and Tools:Click the RES subscribe button below if you would like to be notified when comments are posted.Consider participating in the monthly Pro & Con-test, formerly named the Pro & Con Contest which will be stickied inside the Skeptics Discussion on the 1st of every month. Since it is a pilot project, the rules and format may evolve over time. See the offical contest thread for more details when it gets posted and stickied below.Thank you in advance for your participation.

Submitted January 19, 2019 at 08:44AM

Honestly one of the most interesting interviews ive ever lisrened to in crypto. Anyone wanting to know how crypto will transform the world should watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1haEra023s

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 10:38AM

I create custom crypto card collectibles

http://bit.ly/2MB033j

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 12:00PM

Security tokens are good for millionaires but bad for the other 93.5% of us, here’s why.

http://bit.ly/2G1pZng

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 09:39AM

AI tool finds that 6 wealthiest ethereum wallets may have faked decentralization

http://bit.ly/2Rhq5t2

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 07:48AM

Profiting from Information Arbitrage in the Financial Markets

This looks like a great way to make money with traditional stocks but something like this can apply to crypto too "On January 3rd 2019, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) acquired Celegene (CELG) for $74 billion. CELG rose from 66.64 to 87.86 per share, giving it a 31.8% gain overnight. Although most professionals missed out on those gains, there were other hidden opportunities to be had if you knew where and how to find them.A group of equities that have relatively unknown and indirect relationships to CELG also rose in value but not immediately. The delay in their rise was sufficient enough that any funds, traders or investors that took positions in those equities related to CELG, stood to benefit. This is an example of information arbitrage in the financial markets. It happens from time to time and when it does, most people miss the opportunity.Capturing information arbitrage opportunities can be done using advanced techniques in the area of Natural Language Processing and Understanding (NLP/NLU). This also includes the processing correlation matrix datasets based on data such as public company profiles, encyclopedias, peer-reviewed scientific literature, news and patents located here.Using a NLP/NLU correlation matrix dataset of US publicly traded equities, we generated a cluster (or basket) of companies that have relationships to CELG based on symbiotic, parasitic and sympathetic latent entanglement.What we found, with the top five scoring equities, were unique opportunities to profit ahead of the market. We've produced the following slides with charts to describe where gains should have been locked in..."http://bit.ly/2SenuEA

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 10:46AM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 28, 2019

Why is Kik Challenging The SEC In Anticipated Crypto ICO Court Case?

http://bit.ly/2HzswaJ

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 07:44AM

Washington State Introduces Bill Encouraging Development of Blockchain and DLT

http://bit.ly/2WoC9MJ

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 06:02AM

TRON Spikes 134% in 1 Month: Will the Crypto Sector’s Strong Performance Push Bitcoin Higher?

http://bit.ly/2Tn7ca9

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 06:14AM

25 Crypto Networks Vulnerable to ‘Fake Stake’ Attack, are Your Funds at Risk?

http://bit.ly/2RWkAVN

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 05:39AM

On The Back Of A Boarding Pass. These Things Are Happening Right Before Our Eyes.

http://bit.ly/2RTclKl

Submitted January 28, 2019 at 06:48AM

Spotted on a NYC Subway

http://bit.ly/2RTMRMA

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 11:36PM

Bakkt has launched the details of its BTC futures product

http://bit.ly/2FQYq0H

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 11:49PM

Tool "Cryptocurrency Growth History" with new layout

http://bit.ly/2UnsvIG

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 11:17PM

Manipulation vs Organic Growth

http://bit.ly/2S9X9aS

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 10:55PM

5G, Network of the Future - Fueling the Data in Blockchain Economy

http://bit.ly/2TgTUfb

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 08:29PM

So I make music and thanks to crypto in the last year I have started to generate more income from my own music then would have been possible without crypto. Thanks to platforms like bitbacker, yours.org and honest.cash and many other. I still have to do a lot of platform hopping but I got good hopes

So I started with posting my music to yours.org back when they were still running on Bitcoin Cash. This brought me in touch with people in crypto willing to pay for musing with their crypto.I did some small jobs on /r/BCHBazaar/I got people to email me to make music for them. I have started busking with a Bitcoin QR code. I have posted crypto addresses on my soundcloud page and youtube.Long story short, in the last 12 months I have generated about a 1000 USD with my own music. This would not have been possible without crypto. Most of that was in BCH, with BTC second and DOGE last. I have been selling most of it to help me pay with bills. Generating enough income from your own music is NOT easy but crypto is definitely helping.Also being able to post 30 second previews and then ask 25 cents in crypto for the whole song, behind a paywall is incredible useful.Imagine if artist would get 25 cents per play on spotify! Well, obviously that would be to expensive for people, to pay 25 cents every time they listen to a song. But I try to mix in free tracks with tracks I ask a small amount of money for.It works! Maybe a 1000 dollars in 12 months is not a lot. But it's something for me. And getting paid for what you do is the best kind of motivation. I am positive that crypto is going to play a big role in eventually becoming self sufficient, being able to just live and make my music and also be able to pay off all my bills. And as soon as I generate enough to have some crypto left at the end of the month I could start hodling a bit.My latest work was just posted on honest.cash and yours.orgIt's my trance track "Antebellum". Honest.cash does not have paywall functionality yet but yours.org does. Which is really nice. Question to the community. Are there any websites that run on Ethereum, dash or dogecoin that offer the same functionality as yours.org?Lure people into wanting to hear the entire thing by posting a 30 second preview and hope that 25 cents is a small enough price that they are willing to pay for it.If I can create a song per week and have a 1000 people worldwide every week willing to pay 25 cents for a listen. (does not have to be the same people every week). Well my income would be 250 dollars per week. That's more than enough for me to live from. With crypto I don't need a label, I don't need a bank or a paypall account. And all of that 25 cents is mine. No overhead cost. I am still paying soundcloud for hosting, but maybe eventually that can be done using the interplanetary file system which is kind of like bittorrent. As long as enough people care about my stuff there would be hosting for it, and my computer can always host it as well so there is always at least one pear. That way people would pay directly to a crypto wallet on my computer AND directly download it FROM my computer. Of course it's going to take a while before the performance is high enough that IFPS works better then using a soundcloud embed where people just play and it always plays.

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 08:13PM

Joe Rogan Discusses How Bitcoins Will Become The New Dollar Bills - CryptoMeNow

http://bit.ly/2B56wz4

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 08:37PM

Swiss bank ‘Falcon’ launches BTC, LTC, ETH, BCH Crypto wallets with fiat conversion.

http://bit.ly/2FOy3J3

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 08:56PM

Definitive proof that the future is fucked!

http://bit.ly/2SexgGO

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 06:38PM

Nouriel 'Roubini Publicly Loses Debate on Crypto Stable Coins In Davos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxTaOPBoYU0

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 02:11PM

Stanford Study on the social impact of Blockchain Applications (Agriculture, Democracy, Digital Identity, Energy, Environment, Financial Inclusion, Health, Land Rights, Philanthropy, Education and Human Rights). Which blockchain projects do you believe will create everyday social impact and why?

https://stanford.io/2LEZEMI

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 02:14PM

What are your favorite cryptocurrencies and the exchanges you use to buy them?

Also what is your favorite email address?I see a worrying surge in these kinds of 'reveal your data' posts that seem to masquerade as opinion polls. innocent or not, this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that cryptocurrencies can make it easier for hackers, phishers and scammers to steal from you if you're not paying attention.If you use the same email address on both reddit and your exchange, that is enough reason not to needlessly divulge personal information on your crypto habits and preferences. Be safe out there folks.

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 03:14PM

To all the newcomers, Here's how to do a proper research before choosing your cryptocurrency

http://bit.ly/2sLoO3C

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 03:26PM

Scam and embezzlement from DASH DAO - Venezuela team fabricated the salary payouts, faked audit, and possibly lied about number of merchants using DASH in Venezuela

http://bit.ly/2TfgmoN

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 02:52PM

EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of sex websites about to accept cryptocurrencies

http://bit.ly/2AZYffF

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 12:58PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 27, 2019

What We See Vs What They See In The Crypto Space.

http://bit.ly/2MBp5z4

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 10:17AM

Time to load up, boys!

http://bit.ly/2WlTp5t

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 04:05AM

Is the Stellar team dumping millions on the market?

http://bit.ly/2CPdo3D

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 02:58AM

Monero on Raspberry Pi Installation Guide

http://bit.ly/2Wi9Akl

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 02:16AM

Stop posting fake stories

No, I don't mean the fake news stories about how Russia is using Bitcoin as their main currency. That is a whole separate problem on its own.Why do people karma farm on this subreddit making up the most unbelievable stories? If you want to make up stories, go use r/tifu.

Submitted January 27, 2019 at 01:24AM

Three Cryptocurrency Bills Expected to Pass in U.S. House of Representatives

http://bit.ly/2MDnsRO

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 11:21PM

Has anyone got the J.P. Morgan cryptocurrency report from 24th Jan?

Hello,I´ve been looking for the JP Morgan cryptocurrency report, which has already spawned many articles, such as this one by reuters for example: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-jpmorgan/crypto-value-unproven-blockchain-years-away-from-mainstream-jp-morgan-idUSKCN1PI2E9.I haven´t been able to locate the full report however and was wondering if anybody here that has it would be so kind to share?

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 09:12PM

Mastercard Fined $650 Million for Artificially Increasing Fees – This is Why we Need Crypto

http://bit.ly/2FZEwjq

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 09:55PM

After UK Denies Maduro $1.2B Gold Withdrawal, Kraken CEO Cites Importance of Crypto

http://bit.ly/2Dyvc4k

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 10:14PM

Cryptopia funds still being drained by hackers while police investigated

http://bit.ly/2Ueetsw

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 10:11PM

ANOTHER SHITCOIN BITES THE DUST!!

http://bit.ly/2FPdzzR

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 03:55PM

Ripple Sold $535 Million Worth of XRP in 2018

http://bit.ly/2B7btr4

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 08:55PM

Does this sound familiar? (Robert Greene - Laws of Human Nature)

http://bit.ly/2Td3HCQ

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 07:28PM

When Those We Elect Are Those We Trust Least. The System Is Broken.

http://bit.ly/2sMXdyZ

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 04:14PM

Google Alerts ZCoin Founder about Attempt by Government Backed Hackers on His Email.

http://bit.ly/2B5NuIJ

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 01:49PM

AirGap just announced the Tezos (Beta) release for iOS and Android

http://bit.ly/2HxDjCn?

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 04:37PM

Bitcoin now has 33x the hashrate of BCH. And 100x the no. of transactions.

http://bit.ly/2MwdCB7

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 12:24PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 26, 2019

Can someone please explain why we should have a gigashitcoin like Bitcoin SV in the top 10 with a marketcap of $1.3 Billion?

The shitties shitcoin of the all, and somehow it has the 10th largest market cap with a whopping 1.3 billion. I think that's about the same marketcap Ethereum had 2 years ago, think about that!There are things like this that makes me believe we still have a far way to fall before the bubble is completely over...Who is propping up the market cap of Bitcoin SV, what is the point of it?

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 08:20AM

Crypto trading the right way

http://bit.ly/2MCWkSU

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 09:17AM

Deep Dive into upcoming Nano release - Dolphin (V18): Local timestamps, cached reps, groundwork for block cementing

http://bit.ly/2B3rYnL

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 11:01PM

The ways tokenization can help sell illiquid assets

http://bit.ly/2UlEHtv

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 05:28AM

I was really drunk last night and over drafted my bank account with a 30K BTC purchase on coinbase, and I can’t withdraw or sell the funds for 10 days 😧

I don’t even remember it happening, I just woke up to an email “thanking me for my purchase”I’m the only one who has access to my phone and coinbase app as both require my finger prints, unless someone else did it while I was maybe knocked out?I don’t have the slightest memory of doing this.I’m out in Vegas right now, with literally no money left to my name, I only have my credit card until I reach back home.I’m ultimately fucked.I can’t imagine what will happen if bitcoin dumps...Anyone got any ideas of what I can do to expedite this BS coinbase hold process?! There quick to take the money out my account but slow to let me even use my damn money

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 05:12AM

Bitcoin Use Case - Your Keys Your Money!

http://bit.ly/2UfeEUx

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 02:58AM

Dear companies who had raised ICO funds,

Dear ICO Startups,For a while now, we've been seeing posts from ICO companies trying to make relatable posts and featuring their employees (e.g., http://bit.ly/2UirVMd) and we have a suggestion that is likely speaking on behalf of the entire crypto public community.No matter how much you are actually working, and although generally it's nice to see startup camaraderie between employees, bonding, having fun, etc... these communications are terrible PR for you during a bear market in which the public, many of who lost money, are less likely to well-receive such depictions. You are not a large organization nor a private startup... you raised public money and your public communications should consist of information of project developments for your core business, especially in the current market environment. We are tired of seeing your latest escapades attending having beers/dinners together, bonding expeditions, and even attending insignificant crypto events.In other words,:Show us you are building and nothing else, until you have something.Sincerely,Everyone

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 01:48AM

Opinion: Samsung Intergrating Crypto To S10 Could Be Bigger Than ETFs and Bakkt Combine

http://bit.ly/2RSdVfi

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 03:34AM

Factom used for evidence in a copyright court case in China (Case: TikTok v. Baidu)

https://twitter.com/JaySmithNotes/status/1088267568740225024

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 10:16PM

Interview – Oliver T. Roehl of The Art Token, Art Strategist and Purchaser

http://bit.ly/2FPSgxM

Submitted January 26, 2019 at 12:05AM

CNET - BAT Ads to spread beyond Brave. Plans to release a software developer kit in the second half of 2019 that will let other programmers tap into its privacy-protecting ads.

https://cnet.co/2AZ1LXp

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 10:33PM

How many 11 year olds can we get on board?

http://bit.ly/2RikliV

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 10:19PM

Popular Dutch comedian publicly declares victory on ticket scalpers, by using Ethereum based GET Protocol

Yesterday, Jochem Myjer, Holland’s leading comedian took to his social channels (>2 Million followers) to declare that since working with GUTS Tickets (the initial ticketing company to make use of GET Protocol (GET)), none of his tickets have been resold for profits by scalpers.Here’s the tweet: https://twitter.com/jochemmyjer/status/1088481415149379584Rough translation: 'Since I've sold my tickets through GUTS Tickets, not a single one of my tickets is being resold for a profit by touts. That makes me extremely happy! It took some doing to get it done, but we've succeeded. Fuck the frauds!'Jochem is currently in the midst of a 36-show tour in the prestigious Royal Theater Carré in Amsterdam. For this tour he is exclusively using GUTS Tickets, to ensure his fans are protected from frauds en ticket scalpers.GUTS Tickets sells their tickets through the Ethereum based GET Protocol, which provides digitally self-aware ‘smart tickets’. The ownership- and state changes of these tickets are registered on the Ethereum blockchain.This protocol is fueled by the GET token. In short, every ticket sold requires GET to be bought back from the open market by the Event Organizer.Summarized this means: The more tickets sold using the protocol, the higher the demand for the GET token on the open market.Sources:Explainer video of GET Protocol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXSeElvbssGET Protocol website:https://get-protocol.io

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 10:09PM

“Bitcoin Will Be Like Dollar Bills,” states Joe Rogan

http://bit.ly/2RcxObZ

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 06:26PM

BitTube CEO shows upcoming feature for cashing out crypto directly within their browser extension

http://bit.ly/2Wjd9GP

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 08:43PM

Apollo Cryptocurrency - All In One Crypto Scam (P&D +400% this week by Team): John Mcaffee joined as chairman, "forked" & copied the code for a legitimate project NXT, after annoucne a fake partnership with "NXT", CEO Steve McCullah and other admins silence community and exit scam (source: reddit)

http://bit.ly/2WiLmGv

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 06:55PM

Google alert Zcoin founder of possible government-backed hacking attempts on his gmail

http://bit.ly/2TbV4IQ

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 01:53PM

Storm Play Launches Long Awaited iOS App for Microtasks (and is giving away $10,000 worth of crypto prizes to celebrate the milestone)

http://bit.ly/2U6VUq9

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 05:44PM

Chill with the shitpost "inspirational" quotes

All the shitpost quotes are getting old AF. People don't come to this sub for daily inspirational quotes from random people on Twitter or dudes who were actually talking about the stock market back in the day. They come here for news about the crypto world.You're not gonna single-handedly start another bull run with some dumb quote about how great a bear market is, how people need to be buying right now, or how some dude 100 years ago said banks are bad.Shit is beginning to have a cultist, echo chamber vibe. Just stop. If you need daily inspiration to make yourself feel better about all the digital money you lost this past year, download an app or something. Stop spamming the sub with this shit and let's stick to actual news and updates.

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 04:58PM

Why I’m Worried About Google, I used to trust some of its products, like Chrome. I increasingly don’t.

http://bit.ly/2AZ3cp5

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 08:49AM

A sushi restaurant close to my workplace accepts cryptocurrency as payment (Toronto)!

http://bit.ly/2RPuMiK

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 07:26AM

Bitcoin ETF postponement NOT a big deal!

http://bit.ly/2DxACMW

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 11:22AM

Lost 10,000$ due to Poloniex Server Outage

I've been a regular margin trader on Poloniex for about 3 years (First two years were good with no issues) , I used Poloniex because it offers margin trading for stellar. Just recently Poloniex Server outage caused a trading disruption and the market went into post only mode for trading orders. The moment it resumed XRP/BTC (which i have an open long position in) plummeted to 7500 sats due to orderbook error causing my margin account to get partially liquidated. My margins are at loss but i had no intention of closing my positions at any point, my margin was safe if it wasn't for the XRP/BTC price drop. I've lost a total of 104,123 XLM roughly 10,000 $ (2.91 BTC) in value. After submitting a ticket and waiting for 5 days i've been reimbursed .02 BTC while having deducted my outstanding loans from the original amount. That's what having a margin position means to take a loan , and now due to Poloniex's service disruption .. i didn't get a choice in when to payback my loans (my account has never been in negative as i've always paid back entirety of my margins held) , right now my margin positions are all in negative (with sufficient time i've always made a profit) and any forced repayment causes me to incur these losses. That's what the margin interest is for ! All i want is my XLM to be returned back to my margin account along with adding back the outstanding loans that were deducted by the forced liquidation. I just want my account back to the way it was before the server outage, i'm not asking for anything else. Here's their reply -Poloniex support-On January 17th, 2019, Poloniex experienced an unplanned outage from approximately 21:15 UTC to 22:45 UTC. A misconfiguration in one of our third-party provider's software systems caused a network issue, which has since been resolved. We have worked with our partner to ensure that it won't happen again.After a thorough investigation of your account, we identified that one of your positions appears to have been impacted. During the outage, three markets (XRP, STR, ETH) experienced large price movements that resulted in liquidating some margin positions. To account for this, we calculated a reimbursement of 0.02748891 BTC, that has already been credited to your account, and is based on the best execution price of the first customer liquidated. This ensures that even if your position was sold later, you have been compensated based on the best execution price. Additionally, please note that your reimbursement amount is based on repaying your outstanding loans first, with the remaining balance distributed to you in BTC from the liquidation sales. I got their reply after 5 days (7 hours ago) , i replied 2 hours ago.Again, we do apologize for this inconvenience. We take these outages seriously, and we know that disruptions in trading are frustrating for our users. The stability and security of the exchange is our top priority. As we mentioned in December, we are upgrading to more scalable and resilient data centers. We will complete that upgrade in the coming weeks, and will continue to invest in improving the reliability and uptime of the exchange.My reply -This is unacceptable ! i've lost XLM worth 2.91 BTC due to the liquidation and you have reimbursed me .02748 BTC ?? Is this a joke ? I'll pay my margin loans on my own terms. Not only are my margin positions affected but i've lost 1/4th the value of my account due to this! I have lost all confidence in your exchange as you seem to lack the basic decency of even returning the amount which was lost ! I'm not even asking for something i didn't own to begin with. Please look into this because this is deeply distressing to me. The amount reimbursed is a joke and i don't accept this as issue resolved on any basis."Additionally, please note that your reimbursement amount is based on repaying your outstanding loans first, with the remaining balance distributed to you in BTC from the liquidation sales." I don't want to repay the loans first i'm willing to pay whatever interest the market offers to hold the loan, please put the amount you deducted on the loans straight back into my margin account where they were taken out from.Kindly add the XLM back in my margin account , while also adding back the outstanding loan to my net margin value. I'll pay back the loan myself on my terms according to my trading strategy.P.S - I know how risky margin trading is and the consequences of poorly managed margin positions. But that's not the point here , the account liquidation didn't happen due to market conditions. I accept the risks when they pertain to anything caused by market fluctuation. This event was not due to market conditions , it was due to Poloniex exchange service disruption. The price drop of XRP/BTC only happened on poloniex itself and not in any other exchange.

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 01:12PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 25, 2019

“By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.” – John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920)

http://bit.ly/2DwUWhw

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 11:32AM

If You Have Invested Money For 3-5+ Years, You Have Made Most Of It During a Bear Market.

http://bit.ly/2sIZWtr

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 07:53AM

Bakkt Announces Details of Bitcoin Futures Contracts

http://bit.ly/2B2qCto

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 07:16AM

Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Expose Crypto to Millions of Tech Savvy Users

http://bit.ly/2CFXLva

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 03:32AM

[Ben Yorke] A few people asked for a follow-up on OceanEx KYC from China - Yes, I tried it, Yes, it works. I also wrote a quick writeup on what I think it means for the platform and industry in general. We can't get carried away - but it's sticking to the trend

https://twitter.com/BenYorke/status/1088473819902169088

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 12:48AM

USA: Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini and other exchanges will now alert the IRS about your Crypto

http://bit.ly/2Rg9mqc

Submitted January 25, 2019 at 12:39AM

Exchange Mercatox asking money to stop Cryptopia hacker to sell funds !

http://bit.ly/2sNSInH

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 11:49PM

[ADOPTION] One more state in the US is striving towards crypto adoption at the state level.

Lawmakers in the US state of New Hampshire are currently considering a bill to legalize payment of fees and taxes with BTC.NH HB470 bill is now making its way through local government, with a public hearing that took place yesterday. “This bill requires the State Treasurer [...] to develop an implementation plan for the state to accept cryptocurrencies as payment for taxes and fees beginning July 1, 2020,” it reads.Republicans Dennis Acton and Michael Yakubovich are the main drivers of this event. A subcommittee is due to examine it on Jan. 29, with a decision deadline set for March, 14.It's really inspiring that crypto is being adopted on such a high level. If everything will go well NH joins Wyoming in so called crypto-adoption club and let's hope more US states will consider crypto payments as an option and finally make it more acceptable at the federal level.But the news like these yet didn't interrupt BTC's price which is almost the same today (down by 0.5% actually according to coin360) as it was yesterday when public hearings took place. Let's see how it'll go after the 14th of March.Edited: added main source: http://bit.ly/2R8wRkQ

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 10:06PM

Google rejects Brave (BAT) ad campaign as "Malicious or unwanted software".

https://twitter.com/kirkins/status/1088440271023464449

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 10:46PM

Stakenet making progress on Lightning Router - Will support BTC/LTC/XSN

https://twitter.com/XSNofficial/status/1088401906341462017

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 07:51PM

A list of stolen cryptocurrencies on cryptopia (their amount is also stated)

Link: http://bit.ly/2sJvUpl this mean that other cryptocurrencies are safe?I mean at least for now?I know sh*t happens always with centralized institutions.

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 06:23PM

Proof that EUROCOIN has Free and instant transactions

http://bit.ly/2CFDRAA

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 09:17PM

China Starts "Debt Shaming" - New App Reveals People With Debt Around You

http://bit.ly/2FVPaHZ

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 07:14PM

“Amazing things are coming!” — update from the CEO of Innovasis Hotels, Paweł Alva

https://medium.com/innovasishotels/amazing-things-are-coming-update-from-the-ceo-of-innovasis-hotels-paweł-alva-252b31f55be1

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 07:05PM

Difference between (HOT) & Holo fuel - Holochain (HOT) token up 105% in the last 30 days - Skip to 12:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbTrCS-PGQ&t=319s

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 07:09PM

Trezor and Gray Release Corazon Series 'Luxury' Hardware Wallets

http://bit.ly/2HgA2HA

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 07:07PM

Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Feature A Crypto Wallet

http://bit.ly/2MtKM4d

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 04:39PM

Superorder - the all-in-one cryptocurrency trading terminal

http://bit.ly/2DuQwbd

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 04:37PM

This are the Top Blockchain Events that are going to take place in 2019.

http://bit.ly/2EYuTBN

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 03:24PM

We got a little bored during the bear market and created the world's first self-destructing currency

Myself and three friends got a little bored during the bear market and decided to create the world's first self-destructing currency called BOMB. The rules are simple1) There were originally 1,000,000 Bomb created.\ 2) Each time a Bomb is transferred, 1% of the transaction is destroyed.\ 3) There will never be newly minted Bomb.\First and foremost, we acknowledge and anticipate an incoming amount of skepticism and negativity towards this project. I'll be the first to admit, the concept still seems a little whimsical when we explain it to people. At the same time, the more research we did into economic incentives and history of the financial system, the more curious we became: Outside of transactional currency, can a hyperdeflationary asset survive?\ When given away, would people actually want to keep or store them?\ With crypto changing the financial landscape, is there a place for this alternative asset class?\ At the current rate of hyperdeflation, how long will it take for all Bomb to be destroyed? While there is no way of knowing the answers to those questions, we wanted to create a case study to find out. For that reason, Bomb is nothing more than a social experiment of human psychology and economic exploration. There are quite a few projects that inspired the tokenomics behind the project (MKR especially), and many projects already using the burn method in their system. That said, the intent of BOMB is not to be used as a transactional currency or utility token, but rather a hyperdeflationary and decentralized store of value. On the first day of putting the website up, we had over 200+ people claim the tokens. As of today (one week since launch), there have been over 225,750 claimed tokens, and over 11,000 tokens burned during the distribution process. On average, every five minutes a new person claims their Bomb. While this doesn't add true validity to the project by any means, it did show us other people are as intrigued as us. The tokens have already been minted and 125,000 have already been released into the wild for destruction. We aren't doing an ICO, and everything will be completely self-funded out of our own curiosity and development. Trash them. Sell them. Save them. We don't care. We just want to see where this case study goes. If you would like to participate in this experiment with us, we encourage you to grill us with questions below. We understand the the amount of distrust in the industry and want to be 100% transparent with everything we do.

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 02:19PM

Bakkt Continues Expansion Despite CFTC Delay & Crypto Bear Market | Thinking Crypto

http://bit.ly/2B2qR7Z

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 11:50AM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 24, 2019

"Big Bang" attack could leverage Monero's dynamic blocksize to bloat the blockchain to 30TB in only 36 hours

http://bit.ly/2Wa7sep excerpts:Abstract:The current bound on expansion of the Monero block(/chain) is that each block cannot be larger than the median size of the previous 100 blocks. Given the 2-minute block time, this means that the protocol has a few-hour memory, which performs well for most use cases and conditions.However, it is prudent to consider edge cases as well, and the current absence of medium or long-term memory comes with a significant risk. Under the current protocol, sustained high transaction volume (due to rapid adoption or a well-funded spammer) induces a rapid exponential increase in resource requirements (disk space, bandwidth, etc) that would exceed the capacities of the extant Monero infrastructure on the scale of hoursThis notebook quantifies the scale of damage in the worst-case-scenarios that could arise from overwhelming adpotion or a deliberate spam attack. The current system (short-term memory only) is compared to two proposed mitigation strategies: a two point long/short-term memory, and an additive limit. Results: Under the current system, the block size doubles every 51 blocks (i.e. doubling 14 times each day) indefinitely. The blockchain size doubles in less than a day and grows catastrophically large shortly thereafter.Response from Sarang Noether of Monero Research Labs (MRL):This kind of bloat structure has been known for quite some time, and although it is costly to execute, there are at least two proposals being considered for inclusion in the next release. It's been discussed at length in public research meetings.Executing a successful network upgrade is a non-trivial task. It's being addressed as expeditiously as can be reasonably done.Monero subreddit discussion:http://bit.ly/2R7w6Ze

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 02:01AM

CBOE has withdrawn proposal for VanEck ETF

https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1088160246311407618?s=21

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 02:48AM

Samsung new S10 phones will support blockchain wallets!

http://bit.ly/2ROapm7

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 03:43AM

No Bitcoin ETFs. Van eck bailed

http://bit.ly/2R9JSuk

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 02:46AM

[Ben Yorke] Big buzz around OceanEx tonight, its no longer restricted from Chinese citizens, apparently they can KYC now. This should open up a huge new market segment for the exchange.

http://www.twitter.com/BenYorke/status/1088107903163150336

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 11:39PM

Europol arrests UK man for stealing €10 million worth of IOTA cryptocurrency

https://zd.net/2FKjMwD

Submitted January 24, 2019 at 01:01AM

Is Cryptocurrency ‘The Mother of all Bubbles’? This Visualization Puts Things in Perspective

http://bit.ly/2sHBbOj

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 09:26PM

Awhile back, I happily announced on this sub-Reddit that my gun shop proudly accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin in exchange for all of our guns and related merchandise... now we accept Monero and Basic Attention Tokens too!

I don't know if any of you remember me, but I own a little gun shop and conduct most of my business online. We specialize in custom weaponry, and could get most any gun related item on the legal market for our potential customers in trade for the cryptocurrencies mentioned in the title.With that being said, please let me clarify, that although cryptocurrencies are great for anonymous transactions, in order to purchase a firearm from us, we would still need to conduct a background check for in-person pick-ups, and if you purchase from us out of state or through the mail, you will need to provide us with a Federal Firearms License from your local dealer, so that we may transfer it over to you legally and properly.I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea about how we operate, but I thought being one of the only gun shops in the world to accept cryptocurrency was very exciting, and I am happy to be a very small part of this new money revolution.I know it's tough trying to find vendors that sell actual goods in exchange for cryptocurrency, and did not want to be a hypocrite in the shadows by not accepting it for my own business, so here we are, accepting cryptocurrency since September of 2017.Since that time, we've only had one purchase made via a cryptocurrency transaction, and it was with Bitcoin. The customer was very awesome, and actually gave us a pretty significant tip as well for accepting cryptocurrency. The item purchased was our flagship model custom firearm, which is our Colt 1911 Series 70 pistol in mirror bright nickel and 24 karat gold.Before I go, if you're interested in checking out our blog post about our old and new cryptocurrency acceptance announcement, feel free to tap or click here to do so.Now that my shameless plug is out of the way, I would like for this post to serve as a reference for all the businesses out there in the world accepting cryptocurrency in exchange for their goods, so please feel free to leave a comment with your favorite business that does, and thank you for taking the time to read my post!

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 08:07PM

Pennsylvania Declares Cryptocurrency Exchanges and ATMs free from Money Transmission Licensing

http://bit.ly/2Tdvx24

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 08:36PM

First-of-its-Kind Cryptocurrency ATM in Venezuela Closes Merchant Loop

http://bit.ly/2DtTFHY

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 10:05PM

Nasdaq CEO: Crypto Could Still Be ‘Global Currency of Future’. "Cryptocurrency deserves an opportunity to find a sustainable future in our economy”....

http://bit.ly/2WbSXqh

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 08:06PM

Positive Use-Case Focused Crypto/Blockchain Podcast

For all of you who are in cryptocurrency and blockchains for more than just the upward price potential, I would like to share this podcast which focuses on projects that use blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to create positive social change.Maybe more this type of content could be welcomed around here over price discussion and so-called "news" articles about the most alternative altcoins.Here is a link to listen in your browser: http://bit.ly/2sHp0Rm here are the links to listen on iTunes and Spotify.If you or anyone you know is interested in coming on the show to talk about their blockchain project that is about positively impacting the world, not just money, DM me here or reach out at http://bit.ly/2MtJgPn. I am always looking for guests!Thanks for reading and to all of you thinking about how we can create positive change with this technology, not just make our pockets fatter!

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 09:30PM

Apollo Currency P&D and Scam Accusations Answered by Founder Stephen McCullah

This will probably be my last topic on this subject. It is only fair to provide APL's side of the story, which is a published response to the several of red flags that have emerged about this project - most recently orchestrating a Pump (last week) and Dump (yesterday). The Apollo team and especially the Apollo community REALLY want everyone here to see this, so I will provide it here, as it seems most of them don't have enough karma to post on this subreddit (note all the auto-removed comments in yesterday's topic). The article where the founder, Steve McCullah, addresses these concerns is here:http://bit.ly/2FUCi52 free to form your own opinions. I will post mine below in the comments.

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 05:30PM

The open network for transaction requests — by Etienne Tatur [Request Network]

http://bit.ly/2sGPF0E

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 02:54PM

John McAfee on the run after IRS charges for "felonies"

http://bit.ly/2MpvU70

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:37PM

Dutch bank ABN AMRO has unveiled cryptocurrency storage facilities which will see its clients able to deposit Bitcoin (BTC) alongside fiat currency.

http://bit.ly/2sHUuqv

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:02PM

Lying to investors, losing 1 billion, and jumping in the BCH wagon: A recap of Bitmain's disastrous 2018

http://bit.ly/2S6TPNC

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:02PM

Bloomberg: Bitcoin Bottom Signal Reemerges as Price Approaches Oversold

https://bloom.bg/2HrgNv0

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 03:12PM

Swedish crypto trader forced to pay 300% in profit.

http://bit.ly/2sJTfac via Crypto Market: http://bit.ly/2QG0OIy

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 11:29AM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 23, 2019

[PSA] Don't fall for this Coinbase email scam going around

http://bit.ly/2Wb5WIY

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 09:50AM

“Fake Stake” attacks on chain-based Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrencies

http://bit.ly/2MoOM64

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:31AM

tZERO launch & interesting floData live feed

This is so huge for the crypto-space on so many levels, it means CRYPTO Currency is actually coming to the great US of A! Regulated and everything, the good old beloved S-E-C has approved it already! in fact, it was approved a long time ago!Some fascinating stats from Patrick Byrne's Keynote today on how big tokenization will be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8g7eAPUQcLooks it was also a busy day for tZERO on the FLO Blockchain:floblockchain.org/tzero/Added @flodatabot on twitter to FLO along. The future we've been hoping for could be closer than we thought!

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 07:23AM

These are the Top 10 Crypto's from 2014 to 2019.

http://bit.ly/2sFx6d9

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 06:19AM

Summon the Robobulls! Keep The Bots Buying! Post High Energy Bullish Comments!

Bitcoin is going up, Bots inclined to read Sentiment data are analyzing us! Keep the positive comments rolling in on Reddit and Twitter and where ever you may post about Crypto!Link to example of sentiment level, LETS GET THIS VALUE UP! http://bit.ly/2WjcrJM I swear the price action seems to correlate with this working.

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 01:19AM

China’s Increasing Stake in Crypto

http://bit.ly/2CDADgF

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:13AM

Apollo (APL): If you're still falling for this shit... you deserve to get burned!

Bruh's, how long have we seen this same bullshit, and yet, you guys are still taking the bait. And for those of you who are going to chime in the comments with your bullshit statements like: "So what if it's a scam, just make your money, and leave." you no damn well that's not how it works!The creator of the shitcoin, and a select crew work with shitcoin exchanges to get it listed. Then they create a huge campaign about it, get it hyped up 100x, then the exchanges don't allow all the idiots to dump by saying things like you can't do that right now, or fake fuck-ups, and the creator and his small crew ride off into the sunset with millions of dollars post dump.Listen to me buds... you're not smart... stop thinking you can get one over on these scammers, because you can't... they control the scam from start to finish!

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 04:58AM

Member of Taiwanese Parliament mentioning #IOTA

https://twitter.com/juliemaupin/status/1087667854617571328

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 11:58PM

EU fines MasterCard more than half a billion Euros for anti-competitive practices.

http://bit.ly/2FOGFOZ

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 11:42PM

R3 announces 5 year deal with ING (uses XRP for settlement)

https://twitter.com/inside_r3/status/1087720468340264961

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 01:03AM

Nasdaq CEO Says Bitcoin and Crypto Could Become the 'Global Currency of the Future'

http://bit.ly/2HtGmeL

Submitted January 23, 2019 at 12:03AM

On Factom: De Facto introduces Watch Tower — an immutable log management solution for Synology Servers

http://bit.ly/2DrMoZc

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 11:25PM

Enjin Wallet Integrates Kyber To Enable In-Wallet Token Swaps

http://bit.ly/2FHHsSG

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 09:35PM

"Crypto is risky you, could lose money".. true, but the average saver, long hodling Cash in UK bank savings account has almost guaranteed to have lost real value almost every day... for over a decade.

http://bit.ly/2DqBMtM

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 09:29PM

The Bahamas Might Soon Become a Crypto Tech Hotspot

http://bit.ly/2AUSeRm

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 08:21PM

The Apollo Currency Team (APL) just engaged in a massive pump and dump scheme, dumping hundreds of millions of coins on their investors

My last post was removed by the automod for having the word "Mega-thread" in the title. I'll repost everything here so people are aware of what's happening and continue to provide updates. We are still waiting on a response for Steve McCullah, the founder of Apollo, or anyone from the Apollo Currency Team.__________________http://bit.ly/2FOKtjg tried to warn everyone two days ago. But now here we are, it's too late, the team has cashed out.Most of you saw my recent post here about all the red flags of the recent Apollo cryptocurrency - the way they censored their social channels/Telegram, how they encouraged their members to stock up and and BUY and banned anyone who talked about selling instantly. How they actively pumped up the price of their coin the past couple of weeks through fake news and shill armies.That's not why we're here.I was just online when I notice a sell order on the APL exchange. Wait not just one sell order. Many. And then I went to the other APL exchanges. Same situation. Suddenly tens of millions of APL were hitting all exchanges all at once in a massive dump that sent the price shooting down over 70%.I immediately went to the block explorer. The Apollo block explorer features no rich lists for obvious reasons, so I knew I had limited time to find the dev’s accounts and their transactions that would cause the dump in the history. Low and behold, I found a couple of them: http://bit.ly/2MmEEuD didn't continue to go back in time on the block explorer, but you all know where to go look if you want to find the team's accounts now for this "anonymous" currency. I checked the balances on several of those accounts and some had around a billion APL, with the others having hundreds of million. The only people who own anywhere near this much are the Apollo team (and possibly John McAfee, lol).I will continue to edit this and add information but want to get it out there now while this is happening so people can start discussing it in here.Previous post from 2 days ago if you want to catch up on what's been going on up until this point: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ai5b62/apollo_apl_is_a_massive_scam_and_you_are_all/Updates7:10 AM update: APL Telegram Channel put on read-only mode for 10 minutes7:25 AM update: Re-enabled, the admins are now threatening to mute anyone who mentions anything about the dump and encouraging people to "buy cheap": http://bit.ly/2CCJBe5 AM update: They are BANNING everyone from the telegram who tries to talk about the situation in a negative light, asks a question about what happened, or tries to ask any of these questions over PM to another member: http://bit.ly/2RGZ2fW PM update: Bitmart's entire exchange has went completely offline as well (the main exchange for trading APL). APL is now only actively trading on Coinbene. To Check Statuses: Link to Bitmart. Link to Coinbene.9:10 AM update: APL Telegram is saying everyone is buying APL on Coinbene (only active APL exchange left right now) to get back in. However, every one of these "buy" trades is actually just a wash trade and never actually appears on the exchange - it's conducted between the highest bid and lowest ask. You can watch the order book for 30 seconds and look at the prices of the last "buy orders" to confirm that this is wash trading.9:14 AM update: The APL founder Steve McCullah is finally in the Telegram, he has not acknowledged the situation yet and has said "everything is great": http://bit.ly/2MoEt1M AM update: Steve confirms everything will be fine and includes rocket ship emoji's in his post to ensure his loyal telegram followers that this coin is still going to the moon: http://bit.ly/2sHvL5U

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 08:45PM

Collaboration between VeChain & @ONEChampionship announced on stage during Binance Conference by @mspandorah of VeChain SG, Aus and NZ. "Stay tuned for more details"

https://twitter.com/KevinTwk20/status/1087644551609634817?s=09

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 04:44PM

Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork To Be Implemented In February

http://bit.ly/2W4rE1b

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 04:52PM

Give me your projects with working product, low MC, and use case

I'm tired of hearing about the same coins and I'd like to find some lesser known projects to diversify my stack. I want to hear about your favorite low MC coin, it's working product, and the use case of the coin. Also please state the market cap and where it can be boughtNOT A SHILL, DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO READ, I WANT A SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF NEW COINS TO BUY If anyone cares(and for example) mine is LMC. The working product of LMC is LoMoStar, an app with tens of thousands of daily users. You get airdrops in the app, people give away crypto in the app, there's a T2T exchange, gambling and betting, bounty channel, and social media aspect all in the app. The use case of LMC is PoS, gambling, buying things in app and trading pair in the app(investing in ICOs and businesses in the future). The market cap is $1.08 million. It can be bought on BCEX or in the LoMoStar app(for way under market value)Please don't call anyone a shill or put down projects, I want to find what everyone thinks is the next big thing

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 12:45PM

More than 80% of ICO's launched in 2017/8 Were Scams, STO's is the new form of ICO, backed by strict laws and regulations. Here is everything you Need to Know about Security Token Offerings

http://bit.ly/2EMXV7x

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 03:29PM

At the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, @rgrottola of DNV GL introduces himself to the National Blockchain Taskforce, sharing his view on the upcoming challenges and opportunities. And yes, @vechainofficial is mentioned in his presentation.

https://twitter.com/vechainitalia/status/1087431252469264386

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 12:19PM

Sam Patterson: "There are many reasons to be excited about OpenBazaar right now - a new mobile app is about to launch, the new multiwallet is working incredibly well, numbers of listings and merchants are increasing - but there's one that's easy to miss. Chinese translation nears 100%"

https://twitter.com/samuelpatt/status/1087463705007263745?s=21

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 12:22PM

Daily Discussion Megathread - January 22, 2019

Paying with Dash at Church's Chicken in Caracas, Venezuela

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5gziG4u4BQ

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 10:28AM

Why These Innovators Left Facebook, Google And More For Crypto

http://bit.ly/2U7hye2

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 04:15AM

Russian institutions back proposal to let companies use cryptocurrency. Economy Ministry, high ranking parliamentarian, and big business back the proposal, allowing companies from certain sectors and in some regions to use cryptocurrencies

http://bit.ly/2FIwSdY

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 06:23AM

Let's trick the bots by being positive

Bots use our Reddit data as a factor in buying and selling, they've ruled this bear market. Let's try being positive here dumps or pumps doesn't matter. Post hot words in posts with positive comments, I'm sure token abbreviations are read by bots. (Btc,eth,ltc....etc.). Every negative comment makes brings the market down further.

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 06:38AM

At the Italian Minister of Economic Development, @rgrottola introduces himself to the national blockchain taskforce, sharing his view on the upcoming challenges and opportunities. And yes, @vechainofficial is mentioned in his presentation.

https://twitter.com/vechainitalia/status/1087431252469264386?s=19

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 06:13AM

Nano "Boulton" Version 17.1 Released

http://bit.ly/2RFNLMW description: Boulton 17.1 is a recommended update for all Nano nodes that provides more consistent peer connections and addresses a few edge cases causing slower processing of transactions. Once nodes are upgraded we expect to see more stable peer connections across the network.

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 05:35AM

Scam exchange bitgrail officially declared bankrupt in court

http://bit.ly/2CCFTkZ

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 03:24AM

On Cryptopia Hack

http://bit.ly/2HoZZVs

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 10:56PM

[VeChain] At the Italian Minister of Economic Development, @rgrottola introduces himself to the national blockchain taskforce, sharing his view on the upcoming challenges and opportunities. And yes, @vechainofficial is mentioned in his presentation.

https://twitter.com/vechainitalia/status/1087431252469264386

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 03:29AM

OWN has created a full suite of services for STOs. A new system that will transform capital formation and rival the IPO.

https://mobile.twitter.com/OwnMarket/status/1087373077745414144

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 12:49AM

Court Declares BitGrail and Webcoin Bankrupt

http://bit.ly/2MlRuJy

Submitted January 22, 2019 at 12:32AM

All NEO DevCon 2019 speakers announced. List includes NEO Founders & NEO/CoZ team members and representatives from Microsoft, Swisscom, KPN, Accenture & the Governor of Washington

https://devcon.neo.org/

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 10:06PM

Haven protocol exit scam

http://bit.ly/2T6XYym

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 11:25PM

Exclusive: US Congress members to submit major pro-cryptocurrency bill - early support coming from both parties...

http://bit.ly/2APE97N

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 07:05PM

TOP 100 Crypto Exchanges According to The CER Cyber Security Score (CSS)

http://bit.ly/2HndRPZ

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 08:17PM

An app for buying crypto with fiat

http://bit.ly/2W7l0qU

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 04:18PM

Best-selling items in blockchain games

http://bit.ly/2MnkMaF

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 07:31PM

These keep popping up all over my city

http://bit.ly/2FFUVtQ

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 07:07PM

New Exit Scam ? Haven Protocol

http://bit.ly/2sAhkjS

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 05:23PM

Potential Haven (XHV) exit scam. Community manager alerts discord.

https://twitter.com/crypto_blkbeard/status/1087271914589093889

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 04:08PM

Not just Venezuela, Bitcoin volume in South America keep on making new ATH(localbitcoin)

http://bit.ly/2W8DyXB

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 03:37PM

Why Working Out Is More Rewarding Than Ever

http://bit.ly/2H5l2w3

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 04:37PM

How will Blockchain tech help solve this problem? (Banking)

Hi AllI currently work for an investment bank, and we are facing an interesting problem in on-boarding customers.Without going into too much detail, there are instances where we need access to “original” documents, provided by clients, before on-boarding them. This is mainly for high risk clients based in foreign countries.We require a specific type of lawyer to sight and sign off that the copy provided by a particular company is indeed identical to the original. Then, this certified copy is mailed to us, and only then we may continue with the on-boarding.As you can imagine, this process takes 1-2 weeks to complete, and causes quite a bit of frustration:Any error in the sighted copy will result in rejection, including having the wrong type of lawyer sign it off;Lawyer fees. Just to provide this stamp/signature.Documents lost in the mail.Again, this legacy process applies mainly to high risk, foreign, customers and the industry hasn’t bothered investing in stronger processes/infrastructure.So, let me ask the community, how can blockchain technology solve this problem?

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 01:36PM

How billionaire Mark Cuban went from a Crypto Skeptic to an avid investor

http://bit.ly/2CxC0gT

Submitted January 21, 2019 at 11:34AM