All Free: August 2019

I attempted to show that Cardano Ouroboros is not a secure consensus mechanism

https://twitter.com/zack_bitcoin/status/1167986644034580480?s=20

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 09:27AM

Germany Launches All-In-One Mobile Bitcoin Bank App

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 09:20AM

Where should I go now?

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 10:41AM

Another great conversation with a scammer

https://ift.tt/2MNq3eH

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 04:35AM

Anyone have experience with claiming losses on tax forms? Need some insight

I would like to ask the community members who have some expertise with claiming gains/losses on crypto assets.Ill give some info first:I bought a shitcoin throughout 2018, starting January 2018 through October/November 2018. Bought BTC first, then used that BTC to buy the said shitcoin. It was around 10 trades.Lets say that the initial amount of money was ~$4,000.Also lets say that amount of money invested has dwindled, and is currently (as of today) worth around $480.I decide to sell it today, at a loss.Will I be able to to claim the amount lost when I do taxes next year, for 2019 tax year, even though some of the shitcoin trades had surpassed a year? Finally, when you do claim losses, do you need to provide the exchange data trades or are your own notes on the trades sufficient? (probably a stupid question, but the exchange I'm using is overseas and not sure if they would even believe the data I pulled from it)Would like to thank anyone and everyone in advance for shedding some light on this matter.

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 08:04AM

The Bank Of England Governor Proposed A Radical Competitor To Bitcoin And The U.S. Dollar

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 04:03AM

Monthly Skeptics Discussion - September 2019

Welcome to the Monthly Skeptics Discussion thread. The goal of this thread is to promote critical discussion by challenging popular or conventional beliefs.This thread is scheduled to be reposted on the 1st of every month. Due to the 2 post sticky limit, this thread will not be permanently stickied like the Daily Discussion thread. It will often be taken down to make room for important announcements or news.Rules:All sub rules apply here.Discussion topics must be on topic, i.e. only related to skeptical or critical discussion about cryptocurrency. Markets or financial advice discussion, will most likely be removed and is better suited for the daily thread.Promotional top-level comments will be removed. For example, giving the current composition of your portfolio or stating you sold X coin for Y coin(shilling), will promptly be removed.Karma and age requirements are in full effect and may be increased if necessary.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.Please report top-level promotional comments and/or shilling.Resources and Tools:Read through the CryptoWikis Library for material to discuss and consider contributing to it if you're interested. r/CryptoWikis is the home subreddit for the CryptoWikis project. Its goal is to give an equal voice to supporting and opposing opinions on all crypto related projects. You can also try reading through the Critical Discussion search listing.Consider changing your comment sorting around to find more critical discussion. Sorting by controversial might be a good choice.Click the RES subscribe button below if you would like to be notified when comments are posted.To see the latest or prior Daily Discussions, click here.To see the latest or prior Support Discussions, click here.-Thank you in advance for your participation.

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 07:16AM

PODCAST Bitcoin in Gaza: Palestinians Finding Financial Refuge vs. Mainstream Terror Narrative

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 01:00AM

Cryptocurrency Traders Are Boosting Performance Using This Simple Strategy

https://ift.tt/2z8BAwJ

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 06:57AM

Forbes : Largest Supermarket Chain use "TE-FOOD"($TFD) Blockchain Food Tracking

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 02:22AM

Layer-2 solutions in a nutshell

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 03:03AM

What investing in crypto for the long term looks like 🥕

https://ift.tt/32cmvWW

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 12:25AM

Bitcoin Royale: Peer-to-Peer No-Theft Electronic Gold

Bitcoin Royale is a protocol based on Bitcoin focused on a specific goal - designing the best store of value and addressing the problem of theft.GitHub project: https://ift.tt/34esY5F paper: https://bitcoinroyale.github.io/bitcoinroyale.pdfSome overview:Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision for Bitcoin was to create a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash. The majority of successful forks of the protocol try to improve on this vision further and provide a more scalable and efficient system for payments. We see Bitcoin's greatest promise not as a medium of exchange but as a store of value - a better form of gold, not cash. We propose a set of modifications to the original protocol aimed at fulfilling this promise by creating the ultimate electronic store of value. By increasing Bitcoin's effective transaction confirmation time of 10 minutes to 24 hours, we are able to tackle Bitcoin's greatest flaw as a form of gold - susceptibility to theft. A system geared less towards paying for coffee and more towards holding one's life savings with complete peace of mind, where every transaction is alerted on-chain for 144 blocks and can be canceled on emergency with a recovery key that was never used prior and hence invulnerable. The bootstrap of this system is not via hard fork but through a fairer mechanism of expedited mining, allowing the system to catch up to Bitcoin in a short period of time.Here is how you can help:For constructive feedback on the design, open an issue for discussion here: https://ift.tt/2UiGCQH is an open community project, whether you want to code or run a node, please become a contributor on github.If you want to run the very first nodes and participate in the genesis - please open an issue on github.Thanks for your support, Ian

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 01:08AM

Doc’s Thoughts on Portugal crypto tax

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Submitted September 01, 2019 at 12:10AM

Bitcoin Bank Accounts Launch in 31 European Countries

https://ift.tt/2ZLCRV6

Submitted September 01, 2019 at 12:15AM

World first classic WoW leveler introduces crypto to 35 000 people

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 10:40PM

Buycrypto.Today is a new P2P exchange for the greek and european market. A valid SEPA is all that is needed to create buy and sell offers.

https://ift.tt/2BKN5vp

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 10:38PM

Even the IMF (International Monetary Fund) are going open source...

https://twitter.com/imfnews/status/1167800484507336705?s=21

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 09:24PM

The Crypto Custody Conundrum: What Are We Even Talking About? - CoinDesk

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 06:59PM

U.S. SEC Settles with Bitqyck After Alleged Fraud and $13 Million Unregistered Securities Offering

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 06:30PM

Brave announces changes to its referral rates based on geography: new rates come into effect on Dec 1, 2019

https://ift.tt/2Lig0v6

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 06:52PM

Telegram Announces The Launch Date For Its New Native Token

https://ift.tt/2PvG6jk

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 04:59PM

Crypto ATM next to regular ATMs in Estonia

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 05:33PM

Are you familiar with iconomi? Look at their change of business policy.

https://ift.tt/2PtXULS

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 04:50PM

Telegram follows Facebook in starting its own cryptocurrency

https://ift.tt/2Uh3iAB

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 03:05PM

A bitcoin ATM in a gas station on the border of Austria

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 02:38PM

Watch Out! The $5 Wrench Attack - CryptoSec

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Submitted August 31, 2019 at 10:36AM

Would a game like World of Warcraft work with cryptocurrency?

I wonder this a lot because the reason I got into crypto is partly because of games. The fact that you can create a whole new ecosystem that has a different monetary model with its own earn and spend opportunities always facinated me.But I wonder if it would be possible with a deflationary monetary model. You would get crypto through quests but the first users would get more? Or the distribution would adjust itself depending on the price of the token?In short, how would the current game change if it would implement crypto instead of gold/silver/bronze?Edit: phrasingEdit: people downvoting this post.. Why? I just thought it was interesting to think about this and different use cases of crypto. I really don't understand this community sometimes

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 06:01AM

Can we ban spam source sites?

There are so many of them using vote manipulation, posting old news.Here's an example:https://ift.tt/2ZBAfNb user's post history is entirely cryptoverze.com spam.Here's another:https://ift.tt/30MYCoH on the front page right now.

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 06:02AM

Daily Discussion - August 31, 2019 (GMT+0)

Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer, guidelines, and rules before participating.Disclaimer:Though karma rules still apply, moderation is less stringent on this thread than on the rest of the sub. Therefore, consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could be an attempt to manipulate new readers by known "pump and dump (PnD) groups" for their own profit. BEWARE of such practices and exercise utmost caution before acting on any trade tip mentioned here.Rules:All sub rules apply in this thread. The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect.Discussion topics must be related to cryptocurrency.Comments will be sorted by newest first.To see the latest or prior Skeptics Discussions, click here.To see the latest or prior Support Discussions, click here.

Submitted August 31, 2019 at 07:13AM

Wikipedia Joins BRAVE As A Verified Publisher

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 10:01PM

In Terms of Risk-Adjusted Return, Bitcoin Eclipses All Else

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 09:22PM

Whitepaper 2.0 — Release

https://ift.tt/2ZqYXkf

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 08:53PM

IOTA showcases sustainable energy traceability at Powerhouse Energy Positive Building

https://ift.tt/30MX1z7

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 09:17PM

Binance CEO Should Never Give out Trading Advice • CryptoMode

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 07:05PM

Lightning Network security alert: Security issues have been found in various lightning projects which could cause loss of funds!

https://ift.tt/2NFTyi1

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 07:22PM

Norway unveils energy-positive building showcasing smart city potential

https://ift.tt/2ZnX33K

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 07:41PM

Never forget it.

https://ift.tt/2Ljt4QB

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 07:01PM

The Most Useful Instruments on The Crypto Market

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 02:49PM

Cryptocurrency ATMs will now require a license in this US state

https://ift.tt/30N1yS3

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 06:30PM

Bitcoin's actual dominance when excluding wash trading

https://ift.tt/2NFX3VH

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 05:36PM

Bitcoin Bulls Remain Confident Despite Ongoing Crash

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 12:50PM

Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies Are A Hedge For Bad Government

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 11:19AM

My deposit...

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Submitted August 30, 2019 at 03:51PM

All the transactions sent to the live bird feed.. 3 doge transactions, 9 BTC transactions, 20 LTC transactions and 105 nan0 transactions.

https://ift.tt/2ZH2pCN

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 02:27PM

Travala.com has added Monero as native payment option!

https://twitter.com/travalacom/status/1167337877606256640

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 02:34PM

Blackmoon unveils the main features of the upcoming release of a fully functional exchange!

Original post. Find out more- https://news.blackmooncrypto.com/blackmoon-to-conduct-a-major-platform-upgrade-4472cf6f9b4a50+ assets and 200+ pairs,All assets may be deposited and withdrawn,10x lower fees,Advantages for BMC holders,Much more to come.https://ift.tt/2NLNaWu

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 12:57PM

Binance CEO Called out for Tweeting Dubious Trading Advice

https://ift.tt/2UmJFaA

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 01:46PM

Evening Crypto Bitcoin Price Update, Bad news Bears are in full control....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP9uikQ7Hds&feature=share

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 10:19AM

Hyperledger Unanimously Approves First Ethereum Codebase For Enterprises

https://ift.tt/2ZwmSdj

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 10:10PM

Ethereum deemed halal by Muslim scholars, may stimulate ETH demand

https://ift.tt/2HzTigV

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 08:16AM

Daily Discussion - August 30, 2019 (GMT+0)

PNC, first US bank that joins Ripplenet

https://ift.tt/2UhTPZV

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 01:12AM

Popular misconceptions about The Safe Network and MaidSafe

https://ift.tt/2ZpzV4R

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 01:48AM

Nano available on Uphold

https://twitter.com/nano/status/1167091948441755648?s=21

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 01:01AM

Portugal’s tax authority says no need to pay tax on crypto trading and payments

https://ift.tt/2zqVT8q

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 01:30AM

Before you start speculating about 'alt season', look at the goddamn market.

3 of the top 20 projects are exchange tokens. 3 of them are Bitcoin clones. 1 is an Ethereum clone.Before I go further, I'll mention this: I don't think we'll have another nonsensical bull run that will lead to the entire market going up. I think the bubble has popped for real, and that we're close enough to adoption territory that the trash will helplessly slip into oblivion while projects that are able to generate organic demand will naturally insert themselves in our daily lives and thrive. If you believe that we've got at least one big bull market left, then feel free to ignore this.Back to the market. Look at it. Does it feel like it makes sense to you? I've been looking for the answer to this question, and unfortunately the best I've got so far is both yes and no. What kind of metrics can you even use to evaluate whether it makes sense or not? If you look at market cap as a combined measure of future potential and current utility, you're left totally baffled by some of this market's top pics. If you look at market cap as an indicator of an evolving sentiment, however, then it makes sense - because there's virtually no organic demand. People only care about percentage gained or lost. There is zero visibility because there are no viable metrics for valuation. Litecoin's market cap (for example) could be $1B instead of $4B and nobody would give a shit, if it had been 4x small from the start. It wouldn't suddenly rise due to being 'undervalued'.So, look closely at fundamentals. There absolutely are undervalued picks and the market won't spot them in time because people only look at charts.

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 08:00PM

Understanding the Original Vision for Consensus on the XRP Ledger

Today, I've released a new episode of the White Paper Center (available on multiple platforms including YouTube). The goal of the podcast is to provide impartial, simplified guided readings of cryptocurrency white papers. Those long technical papers can now become easily digestible in less than half an hour.This week, we have a guided reading of David Schwartz, Arthur Britto, and Noah Youngs paper "The Ripple Protocol Consensus Algorithm." While it's not an accurate reflection of the current XRP ledger today, it still provides for a fascinating read.Hope you all enjoy.

Submitted August 30, 2019 at 12:05AM

EOSBet Becomes the Worlds First Casino On Binance DEX, Launches Buy-Back Program - DiscoverCrypto

https://ift.tt/2MIkLBh

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 10:28PM

Here’s Why Bitcoin Adoption is Rising in Protest Ridden Hong Kong

https://ift.tt/2UiJaOO

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 08:26PM

Early adopter. Never forget it.

https://ift.tt/2PlJ5e6

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 06:28PM

Capital One hacker also infiltrated Amazon cloud servers to mine crypto

https://ift.tt/2UiKWiL

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 04:29PM

It’s a special day for me, and I want to show my appreciation

Today is a 1-year anniversary since I’ve joined Reddit and took part in this wonderful community that heavily contributed to my current passion in the blockchain technology. This post from a couple of days ago gave me mixed feelings, so I thought maybe it’s interesting to have a conversation about my personal journey in this industry and how I’m currently contributing. Maybe this will motivate others to do the same and pursue a career in something that they’re passionate about.It all started for me in 2016 when I started reading about the blockchain tech and I got hooked right away. I was using darknet with BTC in 2013 but never researched the tech behind it until 3 years later. As someone who intrinsically hates banks (I’m a war refugee, and I’m convinced that banks have a big stake in warfare), decentralization seemed like the only way we could provide a brighter future for ourselves and future generations. I started buying more crypto, mining, and trading but I didn’t feel like I was contributing enough. So, after my graduation in 2017 (in Marketing) I decided that I only want to work for a blockchain company, and after several months it paid off. Although I had no professional experience, my passion for crypto was glowing during the first interview and I got hired on the spot as a Content Creator. A month ago, I started working for my 3rd blockchain company as a Community Manager and I couldn’t be happier. The project is amazing (not an ICO!!!), the position is completely remote, the pay is good and helping people online is hugely rewarding.In conclusion, I’m happy and I wouldn’t be wearing these shoes if it wasn’t for this community, so here is a big thank you to all of you.Thank you for:Guiding me through the dos and don'ts in this chaotic industryHelping me to cope with the great dip of 2018 (still hurts)All the knowledge and updates about existing and new projects that keep me informedThe memes, humor and overall positive sentiments that keep my head up in tough timesFor not giving up on this tech and contributing to the decentralized future that we so greatly needFeel free to AMA if you have questions on how the crypto industry works behind the scenes and/or if you have specific questions related to marketing, community management or working as a digital nomad.Edit: spacing, grammar etc

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 07:50PM

Switzerland: using train ticket vending machine to buy Bitcoins. Works just fine!!

https://ift.tt/2Pkegqd

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 05:54PM

Interactive Bird Feeder 🔴 LIVE CAM | Feed the birds with cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Litecoin or NANO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otpqipL3H8Q

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 07:47PM

COIN SHILLING THREAD - Let's have a thread specifically to shill our favourite coin

Thread Rules:Post your favourite coin with a list of its best featuresEveryone else tear the coin to pieces in the commentsProvide referenced links, where possible, to justify your argumentsNo accusing anyone of shilling - that's what this thread is for, to reduce it elsewhere

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 05:06PM

Cryptocurrency Adoption: How Do We Onboard the Remaining 99%?

https://ift.tt/2L4x2hl

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 07:02PM

Cryptocurrency is not the end goal. It is the medium of this generation.

We really have not scraped the top of the potential that blockchain technology entails. The internet was not the end goal either. It was a medium for new ideas, services, products and offered new ways of communicating with each other. We will see the same tendency in the blockchain space until we really know where this disruptive technology can make the biggest impacts.I'm all in on the idea of cryptocurrency and the financial autonomy it offers as well as transparency, immutability etc. But I think we are still years away from anything massive. We have just left the Pets.com age if you compare it to the history of the internet. Now the tough works begins.User-friendliness, real utility, adoption, disruption.Let's give it another 5 years and see what this space has become. We can't present the general public with this mess. Imagine having to choose between 10 different internets. Unless more time and energy is spent on interoperability, then the many different blockchains are probably doing more harm than good. We are becoming decentralized, sure. But we could also become isolated islands.

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 04:05PM

Tai Zen is laying it out : Avoid Piece Of Shit Crypto Influencer Hypocrites

https://youtu.be/E5NsTQ0Al3U?t=1010

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 05:09PM

Going away again, but will return in January of 2020 to see if anything has changed in the cryptocurrency space... or if it's just more of the same.

I have to take these breaks, because to be upfront, it's always the same things being said all the time:Wall Street is coming, and when futures go live, crypto will moon!When this company adopts this coin, it will moon!When Venezuela topples, their people will adopt cryptocurrency!Nano is going to be the worlds currency by 2022(Insert what you see in this sub-Reddit all the time in the comment section below:)Anywho, I'll see you guys next year, and good luck with your bags!

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 04:21PM

Invest Asia 2019 take place on September 10th-11th, 2019. 16 crypto project speakers (Eric Anziani, Chief of Crypto.com is one of them) will be attending. The goal is to share important updates and development roadmap with conference attendees.

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Submitted August 29, 2019 at 03:42PM

Get rekt with Binance lending. CZ: careful what you wish for 😉

https://ift.tt/32bq0wK

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 02:21PM

The Legitimate Advantages of Ethereum Above Other Smart Contract Platforms

https://ift.tt/340kZsG

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 10:35AM

Coinbase Study Says 56% of Top 50 Universities Have Crypto Classes - CoinDesk

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Submitted August 29, 2019 at 10:37AM

BAT/Brave confirms Wikipedia: “We’re thrilled to welcome Wikipedia as a Brave Verified Publisher and to connect it directly to Brave users for automatic and anonymous donations,” said Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave

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Submitted August 29, 2019 at 04:57AM

Daily Discussion - August 29, 2019 (GMT+0)

Bakkt Clients Can Start Warehouse Deposits on Sept. 6

https://ift.tt/2ztIZX6

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 02:04AM

After years of secret work, Decred project unveils its simple, creative, and adaptable privacy feature

https://ift.tt/2ztVvpu

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 12:10AM

$150 million worth of Longs just got Liquidated at BitMEX

https://ift.tt/328K3fj

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 01:55AM

Things you hate to see:

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Submitted August 29, 2019 at 01:27AM

BTC and altcoins in free fall right in this moment. Thoughts? Time for some shopping?

https://ift.tt/2MIP6zA

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 01:26AM

So what news is about to drop now?

ETH and LTC insta tank in sats just a few mins ago. That doesn’t happen often. BTC dropped about $200 as well during this time, so it’s not people jumping into BTC. Wondering what may have dropped or is about to that made people place big sell orders for the alts in terms of satoshis only.

Submitted August 29, 2019 at 01:15AM

Akita launches new Machine Economy website with live IOTA demo

https://ift.tt/2Zw6fm8

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 09:27PM

French Cops Trick Monero Cryptomining Botnet to Self-Destruct on 850,000 Computers

https://ift.tt/2Uao0SQ

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 09:58PM

Craig Wright Has 'Powerful Motive' to Lie in Court Claims Ruling Judge

https://ift.tt/2NI3asV

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 10:51PM

FunFair reveals first look into their state channel technology "FateChannels"

https://ift.tt/2HxyPt8

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 09:07PM

I believe a Bitcoin ETF is coming soon.

I don't have the developer tools to demonstrate this, but maybe some of you do.I invest in GBTC, currently the only way to own Bitcoin in a retirement account. I track it every day, and I look at its opening and closing price corresponding to the price of BTC on GDAX. Recently, even though the price of BTC has gone up, GBTC would still go down.Everyone knows there is a premium to invest in GBTC, when you do the math and figure out how many BTC you are actually buying. According to Grayscale, you are buying 0.00097609 per share. So roughly 1000 shares = 1BTC (for convenience sake).The current share price is $12.73. So it is trading at a price of about $12,730 per coin.Now this premium has been narrowing for quite a while. Why? Nothing has changed in terms of the management, quality of the trust, fees, etc. The only thing I can think of is that some smart money knows there will be competition very soon, in the form of one of the ETFs getting approved.Someone with some development skills maybe can analyze the spread over time in relation to the Bitcoin price, but I believe this is positive news, despite the fact my retirement account is not growing as fast as the Bitcoin price. I'm okay with that if it means more liquidity in the near future.

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 08:23PM

Blockchain Ventures join THETA Networks validator program

https://ift.tt/2L1DxBp

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 06:52PM

The Changing Face of Cryptocurrency Trading in 2019

https://ift.tt/2NANs2n

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 07:51PM

South Korea Finance Chairman supports bill to push cryptocurrency into institutional sphere

https://ift.tt/329ZwMo

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 05:42PM

Venezuelan Company Gets Threatened and Sanctioned by the Gov After Paying Employees in Bitcoin

https://ift.tt/2MIwuiY

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 05:19PM

Cryptocurrency adoption in Hong Kong increases amid the protest

https://ift.tt/2HuYkuO

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 05:56PM

Before you shill, seriously ask yourself... do you even use the coin or token you're shilling?

I know a lot of folks in this space are buried in bags including yourself, and you'd pretty much say or do anything to get out from under them, but I'd like you to seriously ask yourself... why should anyone else believe in your coin or token of choice if you don't?Then ask yourself, will my bags ever be worth anything, and if so... why?

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 04:34PM

JPMorgan's Private Blockchain 'Quorum' Is Quietly Being Rebooted

https://ift.tt/2LhTW3s

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 11:12AM

Drug Dealers Who Used Crypto Sentenced to Prison

https://ift.tt/2Zj6wcJ

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 04:03PM

Brave browser soon to integrate crypto wallet. Browser already has 30 Million+ downloads in Google Play and 200,000 publishers enrolled for Brave Rewards.

https://ift.tt/2LcJ6f9

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 03:54AM

Lee should take notes

https://ift.tt/2Zpsy8U

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 06:06AM

Daily Discussion - August 28, 2019 (GMT+0)

Australian banks are now referring people to food shelters in order to keep them paying their mortgage.

https://ift.tt/2zn95uK

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 04:46AM

Craig Wright Loses Court Case Owes 500,000 BTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy4yhhQDs50

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 03:16AM

Bitcoin Golden Phoenix [Art]

https://ift.tt/347iqFw

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 01:59AM

Bitcoin and Friends | Episode #3 is HERE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnx6xFhA5dY

Submitted August 28, 2019 at 02:19AM

Craig Wright Ordered to pay $5 Billion in Bitcoin and Fifty-Percent of his Intellectual Property to Kleinman Estate

https://ift.tt/2U75z1n

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 11:12PM

Enigma and Outlier Ventures announce strategic partnership

https://ift.tt/2ZtsaGy

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 11:07PM

XRP bag holders are begging Ripple to stop dumping its coins

https://ift.tt/2Hs76tU

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 07:56PM

How our nonprofit made ~$2,000 worth of BAT from Brave Browser users

https://ift.tt/2PdrEfM

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 09:45PM

Constellation form Partnership with United States Air Force (USAF) - The Daily Chain

https://ift.tt/2U65D1p

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 07:45PM

“Bullish on Crypto”: An Interview with Skrill CEO Lorenzo Pellegrino

https://ift.tt/30xNLir

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 08:18PM

I’m disappointed with this community and incompetent industry

Here is a wild guess: 99% of you are sitting at home and casually checking this sub to see if there is any good news about your project with your heavy bags. All the revolutionary minds behind this technology turned into sellouts because you're hoping to get rich quick with a shiny lambo and become part of the problem that we were supposed to solve. How about you start adding value to projects you love and helping with adoption? Because, trust me, there is almost NONE. Show me one Dapp that is user friendly for normies to use, I dare you. We should have dapps that don’t require the user to make transactions for every little engagement they have with the website. The fact that this is happening at scale means that are too few marketers in this space that understand human behavior. Yes, marketers, WE NEED YOU TOO. So start speaking up.Ethereum, the only one that I had hopes for, is still struggling with scalability and Vitalik doesn’t seem to have an answer which is very worrying. All the other legit blockchain platforms like Lisk, Ark, Icon and thousands of others are falling behind with zero marketing or partnerships. Why are they not offering incentives for developers and entrepreneurs to build projects on? If they would just offer grants of their native token, the dapps on the platforms would rise. You’re creating money out of thin air FFS, why not give it out to boost adoption?Seriously, get your heads out of your asses if you care about decentralized future. The only news everyone cheers about are memes, Bakkt (wtf?) or some banks talking about how digital currencies are the future. Banks are not the ones that should be in charge of adoption, revolutionary minds like you are. Start developing apps/business plans, gather like minded people and build communities. Stop copying existing social media platforms and come up with new ideas by identifying CURRENT problems. If you ask me, the future of blockchain and DLT is far from prosperous, and if you care, start doing something about it instead of checking the price every hour.TL;DR: Stop speculating and start building you bastards/end rant

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 09:34PM

Ethereum Defi Project Synthetix Says Trying To Also Build On EOS Was A Mistake

https://ift.tt/344dEbN

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 05:59PM

Sovereign Data, Monetization and User Empowerment through Blockchain

https://ift.tt/2ZvcEtI

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 05:30PM

Zolango CryptoCommerce

https://zolango.com

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 04:58PM

찌 G じ: Why SNX stopped EOS deployment and focused back 100% to build on ETH

https://twitter.com/degenspartan/status/1166234163537530881?s=21

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 03:51PM

Crypto Exchanges: A brief look under the hood of this industry

https://ift.tt/30BYAQz

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 03:27PM

Wikipedia is now a verified Brave publisher

https://twitter.com/batgrowth/status/1166228879444459521?s=21

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 01:06PM

Why I am confident in the future of crypto

Im sitting here at the bank waiting forever in que wanting to send a relative in another country some money. Me, having to physically come to the bank while providing all this personal information just to send money. Not to mention the time wasted is so inefficient. Wish my relatives were versed in crypto so i could directly send them some from my phone, instead of going through all of this hassle. The world continues to evolve and get more efficient and I can clearly see where the future will/should go. Im confident in the realization cryptos benefits and will continue to be invested in what I believe is the future.

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 11:31AM

Los Angeles man pleads guilty to $25 million Bitcoin money laundering scheme

https://ift.tt/2NttMO6

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 10:59AM

Switzerland just approved two Crypto Banks!

https://ift.tt/2PcikZF

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 09:19AM

We couldn't find any portfolio tracker that let you enter your balance instead of all your transactions

So we built one... https://ift.tt/2KYTPe8 of the cryptocurrency portfolio trackers we tried make you enter your transaction history.I had already had a significant trading history, and having to enter all my transactions seemed daunting.I just wanted something where I could add my coins, my balance (which I already knew) and see the value of my coins in USD.Couldn't really find anything I liked, so me and a friend built our own. We also made it update prices in real time in over 25 fiat currencies, and allow exchange syncs for over 20 exchanges so you don't have to keep updating your balance if you're trading a ton.Would appreciate any feedback.

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 07:53AM

Morpheus Network (MRPH) announces POC with US Department of Homeland Security

https://youtu.be/DUZdpu7xnnk?t=1442

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 06:57AM

Is Litecoin a shitcoin?

I have 1/5 of my money in LTC. I don't know if I should convert it to BTC or not. I have been holding it for a long time, at one point it was 40% of my bag. I don't even know if it has any developer support behind it or if everything died when Charlie Lee sold out.

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 06:25AM

Daily Discussion - August 27, 2019 (GMT+0)

Craig Wright Branded Liar as Judge Sides with Kleiman

https://ift.tt/2U5cc48

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 04:32AM

Cryptocurrency trading is coming to users of the private messaging app Telegram through a bitcoin and crypto wallet system known as “Button.” The system is developing what’s known as the Telegram Open Network wallet.

https://ift.tt/2KYcbMk

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 01:58AM

Peter McCormack on Twitter - Craig Wright has lost his case against Ira Kleiman. Kleiman awarded 50% of IP and Bitcoin mined.

https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1166086602441068544?s=20

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 03:57AM

Good News: Switzerland’s first crypto banks receive licences

https://ift.tt/2ME9dPg

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 01:41AM

WINK (WIN) has released live sports betting, bet on over 100 major sports leagues! MMA to NBA to Esports Counterstrike and LOL!

https://ift.tt/2PbMWdN

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 12:36AM

EU startup’s disruptive tech to shake up hotel booking market

https://ift.tt/2Pf5lX0

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 11:52PM

Litecoin hash rate since the halvening has dropped 40%.

https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1165662547539898368

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 09:10PM

Bitcoin Set to Retain Its Five-Figure Valuation: DeVere CEO

https://ift.tt/2Pgy0v5

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 11:27PM

Why crypto will not go mainstream anytime soon (and it doesn't need to)

I've seen a lot of discussions about how crypto is too hard for an average joe.Many times it's said that crypto will be inaccessible for masses until the proper UX comes along.Now look at the internet? Was is inaccessible at first? For sure it was, it took many years before proper graphical interfaces even came to be. What was the appeal of the internet? Quick way to get and send info (like email). Amazon was appealing because you could buy books and have them delivered to you. It wasn't for everyone but it was cool enough to start and keep going.So blockchain. For who is this? What's the appeal for humans? It might solve a problem of freedom, but since when people cared that deep about their money? I can already buy a cup of coffee with my phone, I don't need nothing more to that. People don't want complete control, they want to be safe, or "idiotproof". If I lose my private keys, my funds are gone forever. If I forgot a pin code to my credit card or forgot a password to my bank account I can just restore it.I think crypto is cool, but there's not even an easy way to buy it!! Let's say I've heard about bitcoin on the tv. You know that I can't buy with the same service in every country. Should I trust binance with my funds and wait till they get hacked? Or should I go to changelly and deal with 7% fees? Why are there fees? Joe doesn't want to convert currencies or read whitepapers, or deal with fees when USD works just fine. We can complain all day how banks are there to scam us and take our freedom, but it's not convenient.People don't want to go through all of this hassle, you know that. They don't want to be always scared, they don't want to keep everything local, they don't want to text in secret chats. This is the opposite of convenience. That's why we have governments that will decide what's best because not everyone is a political activist and not everyone is smart enough or has too much free time.Most of them got into crypto because it seemed like a get-rich-quick scheme. That's a fact, even though crypto is MUCH more than that.I don't know if blockchain is actually the feature, but if it is, we're waiting for something else. We're waiting for another Steve Jobs to realize that it's not convenient to remember a long and random number of symbols as your address, or to wait for your bitcoin transaction to be completed.Blockchain, btc, alts are all awesome, but no awesome enough for it to go mainstream.I want to hear everyone's opinion on promising projects for the joe, not for enthusiasts.

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 10:06PM

What it feels like hodling alts

https://ift.tt/2Pc1MAR

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 09:03PM

Coffee&Coin Issue #3 - Exchanges, Enterprises, and the EU

https://ift.tt/321Syc7

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 05:57PM

You can now import your Shopify stores straight to OpenBazaar!

https://twitter.com/Zokos_OB/status/1165944787071094784

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 06:45PM

Binance launches BNB. USDT, ETC lending

https://ift.tt/3252VMs

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 07:40PM

US man pleads guilty for running unlicensed Crypto Exchange

https://ift.tt/2Hqohff

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 05:01PM

Just set up Coinbase Commerce AND Nano payments for my brand website! Am I missing anything else?

I think with both Coinbase Commerce and Nano payments, I should be able to acommodate most users who want to pay using crypto. Am super excited because those two have by far the best user experience for payment. I tried a dedicated ethereum plugin but it was really unsophisticated.Coinbase are doing a hell of a lot for the crypto world. The payment UX is seamless and seems very professional. The Nano plugin is also super sleek. I'm very excited to have both.I'm not even sure if this is the intended purpose for a lot of coinbase coins, to use as currency. But either way, my site will be here during the next bull run!!EDIT - www.playalondon.com

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 04:09PM

Caitlin Long on the Wyohackathon 2019 and Wyoming Blockchain task force

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHf3MYj4S0

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 03:03PM

By staking tokens, investors can potentially generate an easy passive income from transaction fees and boost the liquidity of their favorite crypto projects. Here how it's done.

https://twitter.com/Bancor/status/1165546044085669889?s=20

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 03:09PM

Binance BNB Lending incoming?

https://ift.tt/30BhiHY

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 02:04PM

Japanese crypto exchange Bit Flyer has recently announced that its American and European divisions will begin to offer Ethereum-based services to customers. Users will now have the option to trade, buy and sell the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.

https://ift.tt/2UcHHtn

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 01:00PM

Announcing Sia Host Manager a new desktop UI dedicated to hosting

https://ift.tt/2Zm9VTn

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 01:09PM

Sardines, Protests, Trees, and Bitcoin — What Do They Have In Common?

https://ift.tt/33Xuitw

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 10:30AM

$52 million worth of Shorts Liquidated at BitMEX

https://ift.tt/2L3SgdW

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 08:04AM

Daily Discussion - August 26, 2019 (GMT+0)

ICON is Back. Staking, P-Reps, Voting. Everything You Need to Know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6VvxBX5oWU&feature=youtu.be

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 06:05AM

Jaguar Land Rover and Positive Cityxchange to demystify the potential of DLT / Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Smart cities at the crossroads of energy, mobility, real estate and urban planning.

https://ift.tt/2KT5bR6

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 01:59AM

A contrarian bet: altcoins.

https://ift.tt/2ZnyMdj

Submitted August 26, 2019 at 01:19AM

Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) Associate: Demand for Security Tokens Still High

https://ift.tt/2KTigJX

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 08:56PM

Bank of England - Mark Carney on World Reserve Digital Currency Proposal - Aug 23 2019

https://youtu.be/u9ssqjY6TbA

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 09:45PM

Bitcoin as the New Safe Haven

https://ift.tt/2ZctrX4

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 10:46PM

We have alt season on the way

https://ift.tt/2HDU3pl

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 09:16PM

The Zcash blockchain can be DoS attacked for $2.90 a day

https://ift.tt/2NvDgIw

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 07:17PM

Well, well, look who just realized the importance of privacy: Building a more private web - Google

https://ift.tt/2NnUnMs

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 07:16PM

Germany's BaFin issues License for Security Token Offerings service; The Anti-Crypto Nation changes its stance

https://ift.tt/2U4A47T

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 05:54PM

Sale of Ripple (XRP) Tokens Blamed for Collpase in Value

https://ift.tt/2U31MSP

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 05:42PM

In 2018 the average cost of a data breach was over $3.8m and the stolen or misplaced record was around $148. Although major advances have been made in cybersecurity tech, companies are still facing potential liability issues that Blockchain technology can significantly reduce.

https://ift.tt/2FY3O0o

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 04:06PM

Catapult Elephant Update (Part 1) - NEM Foundation Updates

https://ift.tt/33XkY8Z

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 03:03PM

The epiphany, visualized. Circa 2019

https://ift.tt/33YssZe

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 03:01PM

Trevon James: "Why should I be in trouble for something I did not create?"

https://ift.tt/2NwHijS

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 02:01PM

Weekly Support Discussion - August 25, 2019

Welcome to the Weekly Support Discussion thread. The prupose of this thread is to provide technical or educational assistance to newcomers.Guidelines:Questions about wallet problems, exchange issues, coding difficulties, etc and more are all welcome.Refer topics about shortcomings, concerns, or anything critical about crypto to the Skepticis Discussion thread.Refer topics such as price, gossip, events, etc to the Daily Discussion Megathread.Please report top-level promotional comments or shilling.Please be level-headed and patient. People may take some time to respond. These are other volunteers who help make the community a better place.Please include as much information as possible in your support request. It's much easier for people to help you if they can pinpoint what's wrong.Rules:All sub rules apply in this thread.Discussion topics must be on topic, ie only related to new user activities and support. 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 lessened here, yet still in effect.Resources and Tools:Click the RES subscribe button below if you would like to be notified when comments are posted.Consider reading or contributing to r/CryptoWikis. r/CryptoWikis is the home subreddit for our CryptoWikis project. The objective is to give equal voice to pro and con opinions on all coins, businesses, etc involved with cryptocurrency.https://ift.tt/2KRCDr8 see the latest or prior Daily Discussions, click hereTo see the latest or prior Skeptics Discussions, click hereThank you in advance for your participation.

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 01:14PM

Few thoughts about Brave & BAT

BAT (brave browser token) is seriously slept on, hear me out.Brave is the most popular crypto application, gaining serious traction lately, these numbers are impressive: https://ift.tt/2MCgYVQ many ways, a browser can and in most cases are an entry point to the internet, its not unreasonable to think that a browser could position itself as the entry point to crypto.There are many advantages of being the entry point for a huge chunk of users, for example, how does a wallet addon survive if Brave creates its own native noncustodial wallet? How about a Dex.. The list goes on. The guy who controls the entry point has a lot of power. No one is positioned better than Brave in that regard.The BAT token is slowly being integrated all over, no other similar token is even close. Once they reach a certain level of adoption it will be extremely difficult for anyone to compete. Similarly to how social media platforms have a lock on their segment, the users themselves become a huge incentive and growth driver.Brave browser has a truly revolutionary element to it, users can earn real money by allowing ads. Not only that users can choose to donate/reward their favorite content creators directly, either auto or manually. No one else does it, the closest anyone has ever come to something similar is rewarding a few % worth of coupons.Brave users can earn serious money, you can earn more by browsing the web than what the poorest 1billion of people on earth earn by working. Think about that for a second. (You would have to exclusively browse brave verified websites, but with so many publishers joining I frequently land on sites that are verified)Brave also has a powerful and honorable mission, to protect user's privacy and remove the status quo with massive privacy-intrusive practices of selling users data. Something that is slowly becoming a mainstream concern.The Bat token has several very healthy mechanics that could see it take off. First of all, every advertiser would have to buy the Bat token to pay for their ads to be displayed. This creates volume and continuous demand.But what many fail to realize is that with BAT there will be a MUCH larger loss of coins than any other crypto, millions of people having various devices where they have earned a few Bat, they lose their phone, forget about the wallet.. They haven't paid for anything, they may not even know it could become valuable. No idea how to estimate the numbers yearly but it has to be a ridiculous amount of tokens that exit circulation.If Brave continues to grow, BAT could take on new lifeforms. It would be the cryptocurrency most people have available at their fingertips. It would make sense for all sorts of merchants to start accepting it. Especially those merchants that sell inexpensive services such as VPN, domains, streaming and so forth. Brave could also incorporate scheduled billing easily, ability to swap to/from other tokens, lend out Bat, Loan Bat, all defi.Brave might become one of the most important entry points as outlined above, that would give huge incentives for other projects to accommodate and cater to BAT holders, similarly to how Binance, for example, enables airdrops and various incentives given to their costumers Brave could also encourage new partners to create advantages and perks for BAT.BAT protocol is separated from Brave, so other browsers and unaffiliated tech could join the ecosystem and instantly gain value from the already widespread existing use of BAT. Its a genius by Brave to have structured it this way imo, it drastically increases the chances that BAT could become the default "attention token".If Bat accomplishes its goal, it will see a Bitcoin-like growth in value, in fact, it could bc of its unique positioning/angle overtake and become more widely used than bitcoin itself. We could also speculate that the BAT wallet ultimately would allow for Bitcoin atomic swaps, enabling users to earn Bitcoins or Eth instead of BAT if they choose. (With a slight penalty or burn I would assume)

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 08:06AM

I was a moonboy and need some help

Back in late 2017 I invested some money in a lot of cryptos hoping for them to moon. Because of my optimism, I foolishly didn't settle when the market boomed, and like many others, I am in the negative currently. I still believe I'll make my losses back in time however. I invested in a fair share of cryptos that I believe are still strong, but then there are those who I just invested in because they were trending or a lot of people told me to. So I am asking you guys who actually have a vague sense of the current crypto market to help me out.I don't want to hear any crazy predictions or hate, I just want to know if the listed coins have solid roadmaps and futures and if they are still heavily supported by the developers of said coins.The list of cryptos I'm unsure of:ARK - ArkENG - EnigmaNAV - NavcoinPOWR - PowerLedgerPOE - Po.etREQ - Request NetworkA list of cryptos I'm fairly certain are still strong, but still want to hear your opinion:XEM - NEMNANO - NANOADA - CardanoVET - VeChainTRX - TronXLM - Stellar lumensIOTA - IOTA

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 05:13AM

FYI: Coinbase Wallet app has a built-in Ethereum-enabled mobile browser that lets you browse regular webpages

The browser is obviously integrated with the wallet component of Coinbase Wallet so you can make payments like you would with a browser using the MetaMask extension.So you can use web-based dapps with this wallet and make payments from it directly from the web page including with ERC20 tokens

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 04:57AM

Bank of England Head: Technology Has the Potential to Disrupt US Dollar's Global Dominance

https://ift.tt/2KTg31g

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 03:04AM

Daily Discussion - August 25, 2019 (GMT+0)

📺 Animated series "Bitcoin & Friends" returns with Episode 3 featuring Ross Ulbricht, The Origins of Silk Road, as well as Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin

https://youtu.be/cnx6xFhA5dY

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 02:00AM

Passwordless Authentication using Cryptocurrency

https://ift.tt/2L4LDYY

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 01:44AM

Mark Carney: Cryptocurrencies Could Overtake the U.S. Dollar as World’s Reserve Currency

https://ift.tt/2HnEv8U

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 09:39PM

Grayscale Confirms There Are More Than 100,000 Organizations Worldwide Accepting Bitcoin

https://ift.tt/2zfBAuz

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 01:16AM

Ripple keeps selling because it is a major source of revenue for them

https://ift.tt/31UFmFK

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 07:46PM

Dusk Network: The Best of Both Worlds | Crypto Rewriter

https://ift.tt/2L5hhWf

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 08:59PM

ICON to become fully decentralized and gets STAKING

https://ift.tt/321RuoK to become fully decentralized and gets STAKINGHello everyone,In the last days, we saw some price action with ICX and had some nice gains. But this post is not about the price of ICX - tbh it was really flatlined and some used this period of stagnation for accumulating more; some jumped out because of total frustration. However, let's put the price talk aside.More interesting is, what is happening with ICON, ICONLOOP and ICX. What is brewing and what we can expect from this project? -- in my humble opinion, ICON is definitely one of the few altcoin projects which didn't stop pushing everything in the right direction. The opposite was the case, they hired more and more people, have a solid financial base, completed more and more DApps and worked on their connections with the korean government, which is totally important in terms of building out Seoul as a smart city. With "Broof"- a certification system on the blockchain - they set another good milestone for that.In the moment ICON is about to get fully decentralized and on the 26th of August we all will witness the Pre-Voting and will be able to stake ICX. ICON will give away 3 Million ICX for all who take part in the Pre-Voting event. Everybody who pre-voted and staked ICX during this period, will get a share of this huge amount of ICX!Investors will be able to vote and stake via the ICONEX wallet, which will be updated in approx. 3 days; exactly when the Pre-Voting period starts. This will be doable in an easy and safe way via a Ledger!Personally, I am happy to see progress here, because I still own some ICX and definitely want to stake. What do you think about the upcoming events of ICON?Have a great day!

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 07:29PM

Bank of England Urges Libra-Like Reserve Currency to End Dollar Dominance

https://ift.tt/2U0NDFB

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 06:10PM

I received this text earlier. Anyone else?

https://ift.tt/2Zp8c3w

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 11:07AM

Isn't it scary? What do you think of this?

https://ift.tt/2KTEYlt

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 06:50PM

If i somehow woke up with 1000 bitcoin in my wallet, would i be able to keep them?

Just a random thought. If i randomly received 1000 bitcoins to my crypto-wallet, would i be able to just keep them and sell them for fiat money. And would the government have anything to say about this? for example could they accuse me for money laundering?

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 06:30PM

Metaverse ( ETP ) is a scam coin at this point only for manipulating ( shorts / longs ) on Bitfinex, I hope few of you that know ETP can help me with my long proofs about this scam coin. I have over 20 pages of proofs and conversation about direct manipulation with CTO.

Over the past 10 days I'm trying to sell my shit ETP on Bitfinex btw about 42k coins ( Eric Gu ) will unlock his 1.6 million + about 300k coins any day now, that is the reason about SHORT manipulation (long/short is always manipulated on Bitfinex from Eric and the team ) btw RightBTC is just a scam bot orchestrated trading and a scam exchange ( with absolute proofs ) Eric and whole ETP is a scam shit coin, maybe he started with some really cool idea and dream but this is turn out to be manipulated trash scam coin at this point with absolutely no future expect to manipulate and dump on all of you soon and bankrupt, they have no real office and 30+ people it is all a scam and a lie. I locked all my coins about 1.5 years ago for 20% they got all unlocked about 10 days ago and I would never write something like this or do until I was certain and ofc until I dumped my shit coins...Soon I will upload a video on YouTube with definite proof about how ETP is manipulated ( long / shorts ) and expose the whole organization and team as a big scam, and I will also expose conversations with CTO, and so colled co-owner about manipulating price on Bitfinex. Eric Gu was thinking he is smart enough to fuck all of us and get clean exit but oh BOY Eric you fucked up. YouTube video with explanation + 10 pages of text will also be sent to Chines government about your lies, also to Canada GOV. If you think ETP or Metaverse is a legit project you are insane or not educated enough. Good bay fuckers from ETP.

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 03:43PM

What are the risks of lending stablecoins (DAI)?

Hello,I guess the title says it all. Given the attractive returns, I’m interested in lending out stablecoins like DAI.From what I understand, these loans are all backed by a collateral of 150% in ETH, which is all locked into a smart contract that liquidates if the backing drops below 120%.Other than a flash crash instantly dropping the value of the collateral, what exactly are the risks to the lender?

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 03:00PM

CryptoKitty Creators Release New ‘Easy-To-Use’ Ethereum Wallet

https://ift.tt/2Hk6ZjO

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 01:15PM

One of the stranger altcoins (shitcoins?) I've seen

https://ift.tt/2usjCUM

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 01:15PM

IOTA, Distributed Ledger Technology, in Protecting our Rainforests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKleD8tf9Jo

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 01:00PM

I got scammed, here's what you need to know. Help me report.

A fool and his money will soon be parted, today I'm the fool. I lost 150 ETH on a pretty convincing scam involving a group of people that apparently are from different parts of the world. Here is are what I have on them. At least 3 people are part of the scam:* The one that is supposed to be the leader, using the name of Laurence Purcell- He said he is from UK- He used this phone number for whatsapp: +31 6 87934394- He used this email: [purcell.laurence@gmail.com](mailto:purcell.laurence@gmail.com)* The guy that approached me on Reddit- He said his name is Dean- He used the reddit account Montana02115 already gone some hours ago- He is probably from Netherlands, also there may be another guy named William from Netherlands- I have our messages screenshoted, if that matters* The guy that was the coolest and that controlled wallets- He said his name is Moshe- He is probably from Israel- He used this phone number : +972 53-885-3650- He have kids, they were screaming sometimes when he opened his mic (sorry kids, your dad is a scammer)- I have the whatsapp history with him, but probably useless too= How they convinced me =I talked with Dean ( Montana02115 ) here on Reddit, he had a pretty old account, lots of old posts about crypto everywhere. He wasn't posting for a year, but if you are rich as the character he represented, this makes sense. We talked a little bit here, I said I was trading, he said he was only investing on ICOs/IEOs for some time. He said he was part of a investment group and that the group leader closes deals to buy tokens on private sales before they reach the initial offerings. He said the group needed people that could be really good on finding new projects, hidden gems, that they can approach and close a deal before it gets too known. He offered to introduce me to the guy if I can help on that regard. So, why not? I can do that.They use the TeamSpeak software for the group calls. This was their server address = 134.255.231.99:9074They had people there almost 24/7. From time to time Laurence appears and updates the group about the deals. He even gave trading calls, like to short BNB this saturday. There was people on there, you could enter and unmute the sound at some moment and you would hear people talking about the topics they were supposed to be talking about. They were not really just acting to convince me, maybe there was more victims online at the same time as me, which makes it look even more real. TeamSpeak doesn't seem to record those calls or message history, so I can't help with that.Moshe was the cool guy, at least for me he came and said he would help me. They were buying Perlin last saturday, I wasn't online, Dean came on Reddit and told me Moshe talked with everyone and convinced them to allocate some for me. He "paid" 50 ETH for me, he showed me this wallet:https://ift.tt/33TZgCP was 800 ETH on there, he moved exactly how he said he was going to move. He said he didn't care about those 50 ETH, that he was already rich. He wanted to help me because they need more people on researching projects. Next day I received my fake Perlins in my wallet, this is my wallet (fake perlins still there):https://ift.tt/2TX3J2Y also have the same token in his wallet, in perfect proportion. And yeah, I sent him the 50 ETH, actually I sent him 51 ETH. He moved 800 ETH to this wallet, obviously his own:https://ift.tt/33Zmd7N said Laurence creates an individual wallet to every investor and every investment, after it he divides the tokens using those amounts. If there's a way to blacklist those wallets, we should do it.The group talked about Perlin, Sovrin, Algorand, Starkware and they were considering Keep Network. Everything continued normal after this first deal, I got even closer to Moshe, we talked a lot. This week there was a round for Sovrin, Moshe again helped me put 100 ETH on it. Laurence sent me a PDF to my email with the contract agreement regarding Sovrin. Moshe controled a wallet with 2000 ETH at that time, he also moved it in front of me, this one:https://ift.tt/2U04dFm sent him 50 ETH from my wallet and another 50 from my Binance wallet. After that, I said I would wait to sell Perlin. I was always aware it could be a scam, but... believe me, everything was very convincing, even their accents were convincing. I wasn't investigating the fake Perlins on my wallet, and we were going to receive Sovrin only in a few days. I was focused in researching more on Keep Network, as I said it would be doing. Also talking a lot with Moshe.When Dean and Moshe insisted too much for me to invest in another round of Algorand (it was already on Binance, they said I could sell immediately), I said to Moshe that he should take it as a compliment, but that he was too good to be real, and that he should be honest with me if it was a scam. He blocked me immediately. I was not offensive and that was not his personality, that was when I realized it was really a scam. I got banned from the server, Dean even deleted his Reddit account today. Also, I researched the perlins on my wallet, and they are fake.Reading now, knowing the end, is like watching a movie in which you are aware of the plot twist. Trust me, they are very convincing liars, the only doubt I had about everything was that it was too good to be real. But good things do happen, I not changing my mind on that, but yeah, shit happens too.= What can you do? =* Post a link to this everywhere, let people know, they can still be doing it.* Are you in a position to investigate the information on them? Maybe the phone numbers or the email? Please, do it.* Do you know someone at exchanges or a way to blacklist their wallets? Please do it. My ETH is already gone, but maybe there's a way to difficult for them to sell it.* Do you know someone that work for news websites or things like that? Send them this.* Do you know any other way to report them? Help me do it.* Are you a victim too? Don't let this destroy anything good on you. We now work harder and learn from our mistakes. Good things do happen!* And finally if you are part of that group and are reading this: you are pretty good liars, really good. But hey, that's what you are good at, you are not the rich successful investors you pretended to be. You never will, you will always be liars. Moshe, put that ETH into educating your kids to be what you will never be: good and honest people! I wish them the best.Sovrin Agreement:https://1drv.ms/b/s!Aqb-TRk0cKGZadl6wQUy3FtrUfQ?e=m5Ow7NScreenshot of the group (Laurence speaking):https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb-TRk0cKGZaudXRiDzxf_Vabo?e=EYXp8HLaurence Whatsapp profile picture (know the guy? tell him)https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb-TRk0cKGZa0xJ_ZaI-CGMg_I?e=XiZhJTMoshe Whatsapp profile picture (know the guy? tell him)https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb-TRk0cKGZbMvWb9C9vR3NlWs?e=r5wICq

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 10:04AM

Substratum shuts down its Telegram group since ICO and co-founder BJ Allmon has deleted his twitter

https://twitter.com/bjallmon

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 01:49AM

Daily Discussion - August 24, 2019 (GMT+0)

What cryptos are you in long-term, and why?

Have been in crypto for several years now, and hold a few in cold storage, from the obvious top dogs all the way down to some micro market caps.After much research, these are comprised of only ones I believe will survive long-term, and that have real use cases. I will obviously be wrong about some — but not all — of them.So fellow r/CryptoCurrency folks, I’m interested to know yours, and why?To preempt the inevitable ‘meh, DYOR’ naysayers, I’ve already done my own research. I am however always keen on learning more, so want to hear what projects are exciting you, why, and why you think they’ll still be around in 5/7 years’ time.So what’s yours?

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 02:40AM

Even whales can't psychologically do a transaction without a test transaction

https://ift.tt/2KSv03G

Submitted August 24, 2019 at 12:52AM

EOS is De Facto Centralized, Says Wikipedia Co-founder - Bitcoinist.com

https://ift.tt/2TYuLqK

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 09:34PM

INT x Huawei - Blockchain Operating System

Head of INT ( Internet Node Token) recently revealed in an AMA that development of a blockchain Operating System has begun in collaboration with comms giant HuaweiLink to AMA - https://youtu.be/s-vTOomlKLwSkip to 17:52 to hear the mention of the OS & HuaweiINTs recent trip to Huawei HQ - https://ift.tt/2MBu3yO pics on the teams twitter$33 Billion valued tech giant working with a $13m market cap crypto. Can’t wait to see what else this brings.

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 11:18PM

Early Libra Investors Consider Withdrawal

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 08:45PM

MIT seeks your input on "blockchain in the education sector" - Take this 10 minute survey

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 09:53PM

US Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Endorses Blockchain Voting and Governance

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 09:54PM

I’ll just leave it here.

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 05:54PM

Facebook Libra Backers Consider Quitting due to Regulatory Pressures

https://ift.tt/2Zg90YH

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 05:19PM

Stop using number of git commits as any metric for anything, it's idiocy

Stop measuring git commits, it is stupid! On so many levels and from so many perspectives is number of commits a super duper terrible metrics.Before I argue my statement, I would like to say that of course, it looks bad with absolutely NO public activity from developers over a long period of time (6-12 months). I say ‘public activity’ because there can be activity, as in code being written, without it being public. More about that below.Some folks seem to be very keen on using the number of commits as an indicator for the success of a project. There are sites highlighting these irrelevant metrics, e.g. https://ift.tt/2P9IvQM about me:I have a masters degree in computer science and I've worked professionally as a developer for 9 years. I have developed two crypto libraries, one crypto wallet and I'm working on my second one. I will not mention which ones, primarily because it is irrelevant, secondly, I don't want this post to be downvoted for shilling any specific crypto project.First let's re-iterate some important conceptsVCS (Version Control System), `git` is the most popular. `svn` is another, but older and not as used any moreGit is a VCS protocol, nothing else. Git is not Github. Github uses gitGithub: is an American for-profit company owned by Microsoft (bought in 2018), it is one of the most popular code hosting platform using the Git protocolGitlab: an alternative to GithubBitbucket: an alternative to Github, owned by Atlassian, who also develops Jira.More info about Git:“git commit”: A commit is like a bookmark, when you read a book, you can either use a bookmark on every page, or read the whole book without any bookmarks. The commit is just saved locally only your computer until you “git PUSH”, see below“git push”: Sending your local commit or commits to any remote git repo, which is a project hosted by any code hosting platform, e.g. Github.“git squash“: Some people like to do many commits while coding, but just prior to pushing the code, they “merge” together all commits into a single one."commit --amend": Let's say I just commited a change in the README, and then I noticed that I misspelled a word, then I can fix that commit (changing it), and fixing the misspelled word, by using `git commit --amend`. Some developers do that, other just fix the misspelled word in a new commit. The difference is that `git commit --amend` results in one single commit (changed), whereas the latter results in two commits.Different methodology, but same code:How often developers commit differs A LOT, and I mean completely. Personally, I tend to code for a couple of hours, days or even weeks without making a single commit (frowned upon by some). Whereas other developers might commit any changed line of code. When the code gets pushed to the VCS remote repo (e.g. Github), it is still the exact same code. But coming from me it can be a single commit, but coming from Alice it can be 1000 commits. Same code but a difference in a number of commits by 3 orders of magnitude.Git squashIn the example above, maybe Alice committed 1000 times (whereas I committed once), but Alice also likes to have one single commit per feature/bugfix/improvement she is working on, so she git squashes and merges all here 1000 commits one. So now Alice method and my method ARE EXACTLY the same, when the code is pushed to GitHub. But it is impossible for us others to know that Alice single commit, actually was 1000 commits prior to being squashed.Private repo’sEven though most crypto projects are open-source, some code might not be open-sourced at first, but might be at a later point in time, so these repositories will be hidden from the public, thus there can be a lot of activity in a certain project without the public knowing about it.Personal repo’sEven though most companies/projects have all their repositories under the same organization in the VCS code hosting platform, some repo's relevant to the project might not be. E.g. if you look at Bitcoin's page on Github, you will find 4 repositories: https://ift.tt/12evB0f but some of its core developers might write experimental code in separate personal repo's (that might be private). Or repos not yet pushed, i.e. code sitting locally on her computer.ForksWhen Alice codes in a distributed project with many contributors it might be most suitable for her to not be using the projects repo directly, but rather a personal version of the whole code project, known as a fork (please not that this has nothing to do with 'forks of a DLT (e.g. blockchain)', as in spawning a new version of said crypto project, e.g. Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash being forks of Bitcoin, I'm talking about 'git fork' here). So Alice codes away in any branch, any number of commits, or a single one, in her own personal (git) fork of e.g. Bitcoin, her own repo. Then after some time (hours, days, weeks, months), she creates a Pull Request to the 'upstream repo' (original/source repo), and if other developers are happy with her work, it gets merged. So there might be activity, many of few commits, in another git repo, being a fork of the original one. The bitcoin C github repo currently has 23,958 git forks: https://ift.tt/2faU320 that's actually so many that Github displays this message "Woah, this network is huge! We’re showing only some of this network’s repositories". So in order for you to KNOW that there is NO activity for any developers, you would actually need to go through ALL forks (in this case ~24 thousand) of a repo to see that there have been no commits done recently. But as stated above, not even that is enough (the commits might not have been pushed yet, right?)Irrelevant "wash" commitsI just coined the term "wash commits", so don't google it (you will only get images of jeans...LOL). Just like there are wash trades, faking volume, any developer can either manually or using some trivial script, at a regular interval just add some character, e.g. a space, in any file of a project, git commit and push that change, and then perform another git commit removing said newly appended character. Then it will look like the project has activity. Hell, you can even do this in 10,000 commits daily, "Wow man! Look at all that activity! This crypto project is the best!" - well, no.No squash and no amendTwo developers, Alice and Bob, neither uses `git squash`, but Alice uses `git commit --amend` to fix typos an other smaller changes, but Bob does not. Since neither uses `git squash`, over a long period of time this might result in a huge difference in the number of commits.Rebase vs MergeWhen Alice and Bob, working in the same repo, wants to merge together their different features they have been working on, they can do so by using two different methods, either `git merge` or `git rebase`, they former results in one extra commit, a commit of the merge event itself, whereas the latter does not result in any extra commit. These are different styles of working and often debated which is to prefer. Over a long period of time this might result in a huge difference in the number of commits.More LoC, worseLoC = Lines of Code. The more lines of code, the worse, okay. Many LoC is NOT at all, in any way, a good thing. The theoretically (however, of course, impossible) best code base, is the code base with 0 lines of code. It is trivial to maintain, you just have to do... nothing. It contains NO bugs. Code is in its natural state buggy. So many commits ADDING new code are not always good. Better with commits removing code, given the same functionality."But but but... how can I easily determine which crypto project is best by looking at Gitlab/Bitbucket/Github?"Well you can't, that is my point. But if you want some tips of what to look for, using these metrics are actually relevant:Number of contributorsNumber of forksNumber of starsNumber of pull requests (PR for short, called "Merge Request" in Gitlab), and how many of them are open? How fast does a PR get merged?Last commit date: WARNING for false positives! Remember "wash commits" (mentioned above), if the last commit date is recent, it does NOT necessarilty mean that the project is active, have a look at the commit. Does it look trivial or not? A trivial commit is e.g. a commit adding a newline/space in the README.

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 04:02PM

Band Protocol, connecting real-world data to dApps

https://ift.tt/2Nqku5h

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 03:28PM

Three drug lords have their Bitcoin and Litecoin addresses blacklisted by US Treasury

https://ift.tt/2ZuWtkg

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 01:22PM

Cryptocurrency Exchange Introduces Block Trading for Derivatives. Deribit, an exchange for futures and options on Bitcoin and Ethereum, is partnering with Paradigm. Seeking to drive the market closer to the mainstream.

https://ift.tt/2HlDrlX

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 03:05PM

A simple diagram showing how Ripple the private company has made billions of USD in last 7-8 years

https://ift.tt/2Ns71tY

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 01:29PM

Weiss crypto rating agency says Cardano is 'better' than Bitcoin. Silly?

https://ift.tt/2zihxvA

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 08:19AM

YOLOrekt is back up! Betting has resumed on the site.

https://ift.tt/2KDb0Sz

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 08:34AM

The Actual Level of Bitcoin Dominance Will Shock You

https://ift.tt/2KPeXn7

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 05:46AM

Ball Marker at my Local Golf Course

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 06:10AM

Daily Discussion - August 23, 2019 (GMT+0)

Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrency

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 06:24AM

Weiss crypto ratings has named two cryptos that are better than Bitcoin.

https://ift.tt/2ZamEwV

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 05:38AM

Anyone want to donate to the charities Amazon Watch or to the Rain forest Foundation US, to help with the preservation of the Amazon Rain forest?

They accept crypto. I am going to donate, but tbh it feels tiny like a drop in the ocean. Anyone else want to join me to really make it count? I leave you guys the websites so you do your research to really make it count;https://ift.tt/30pHPYt

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 01:11AM

PundiX's Crypto Cash Registers Will Be Installed in 49 Retail Stores Across Venezuela - CoinDesk

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Submitted August 23, 2019 at 03:17AM

Warning. Elaborate Scam

Let's start off by saying I'm an idiot. If something is too good to be true then it probably isn't true. I'm pretty embarrassed about this whole thing. Anyways I will now describe this scam so that it hopefully does not happen to any other potential idiots in the future.It all started with u/Montana02115, AKA Dean, reaching out to me on reddit.He asked me about NKN and why I thought it was a good project, even though it continued to plummet in value. I gave him an honest response and we chatted about crypto for a while. He said that I seemed like I knew a lot about crypto and that he worked with a team that would participate in private sales (first red flag). He invited me to join their team so we met up on TeamSpeak3. In the first meeting I met the team and we talked (8/20/2019). The leaders name was Laurence Purcell, from England, and there was another guy named Moshe, from Israel. There were another three of them from Israel, three from the Netherlands, and three from the United States. We talked for a bit and Laurence said "if there aren't any objections we would like to welcome you to the team to research upcoming private sales".The next day we met again. They sent me a SAFT for Perlin and they were going to buy tokens in the private sale that day (8/21/2019). Laurence went down the chat, from person to person, and asked how much they would like to contribute to the private sale. Moshe sent him 1100 ETH, this is the transaction: https://ift.tt/2HjZOs0 .Everyone else sent ETH to Laurence (I believe they were all in on the scam) in vast quantities (supposedly, but I do not have the transaction ID to back that up). The total ETH in the sale was 1100.Finally, Laurence got to me. I was hesitant. I'm a college student so I didn't have nearly as much ETH as these guys were boasting. I decided to take the risk and send my ten ETH to Laurence for the private sale. This is the transaction: https://ift.tt/2ZmAs2O .The next day Moshe sent me Perlin, I believe its a fake token. This is the transaction ID: https://ift.tt/2Hmccri .This is the contract address of the Perlin token, which I believe is fake: https://ift.tt/2Zin3sp .At first I thought, "Oh Binance holds some, it must be legit!" But then I remembered that anyone can make a fake token and send it to Binance's wallet. I did some more digging and I found out that Perlin hasn't even had the token generation event yet.I brought this up to Dean (u/Montana02115) and I was immediately banned from the GroupSpeak. At this point I realized I had been scammed. I messaged Dean on reddit and I told him that I wasn't accusing them of scamming me and they let me back in the group.The next day they were supposedly doing the private sale for sovrin (which also hasn't had a TGE yet lol). I decided to skip this private sale to see how they reacted. Dean messaged me when I wasn't at the meeting and asked why I wasn't participating. He exclaimed how good of an opportunity it was. I gave him some bullshit excuse. The next day Dean messaged me again and said that a lot of the team wasn't around for the sovrin private sale so they were gonna hold it today (obviously bullshit, they just needed me there so that they could take me money). I got on the groupspeak today and Laurence said they had some left over sovrin from yesterday (two stories that didn;t add up) and they asked me if I wanted to buy some. I said I was low on funds and he immediately banned me again.So there's the scam. I went from thinking I had the opportunity of a lifetime, being a big shot crypto researcher to having no crypto left. lol the irony, watch out guys, these scams are elaborate.I have Laurence's and Moshe's phone numbers from Whatsapp and Laurence's email, will look into what I can do moving forward.TL;DR: Elaborate crypto scam where private sale investment team asked me to join them, took my ETH, and gave me fake tokens.

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 02:09AM

More Clients Demand Crypto Products from Swiss Private Bank

https://ift.tt/30oAAjL

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 07:46PM

"Look mom I'm in the paper". Interesting how this news article does not mention than just 13 months ago Mr Otto was shilling PascalCoin (proof in comments)

https://ift.tt/30qArfA

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 07:40PM

Billionaire VC Tim Draper: "Bitcoin Will Affect Industries 10 To 100 Times Bigger Than Internet Had"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJ5-PUGZo8

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 09:35PM

Bitcoin Price ‘Will Never Hit $50K’ Gold Bug Peter Schiff Tells Tom Lee

https://ift.tt/2Z9uYNr

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 06:41PM

Some simple Math

Because a lot of people missed the 2016/2017 craziness or they didn't sell (I am included for this mistake) to take some profits, they are being doomsday prophets following the Bitcoin Maximalism dogma. So here is to the newbies and those who have trouble with math (I will be very rough with numbers just for an example):In 2017 Bitcoin went 20X up but the altcoin market went 45X up. Some of the altcoins went 200-1000X up. Ethereum went 40X up. Let's say the ration is 5:1 overperformance overall given that you didn't pick all the losers and scams from the altcoin bag.There are 3 scenarios given that an altseason can probably only exist in positive scenarios:Bitcoin goes up or sideways and altcoin season doesn't happenBitcoin goes up or sideways and alt season happensBitcoin goes down and alt season doesn't happenApparently if you are in this sub you must be thinking positively, it would be insane to be here and think that Bitcoin in long term is going down, you should sell.In those 2 scenarios now, you need to be more than **80%** sure that altseason will not happen again. If that was a poker bet, you need to be right 5 times and I only have to be right 1 time to make more money than you. If we repeat this scenario often you can understand why being on the 5:1 side is beneficial.So yes, if you are very very very very sure that altseason will not happen again (when it happened only 2 years ago so it's not something without precedence) you can bet all your money on BTC.

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 05:18PM

The Diverging Paths of Public and Private Blockchains

https://ift.tt/2MvEaVI

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 07:46PM

CoinGecko Joins AMLT Network to Improve Crypto Exchanges Transparency

https://ift.tt/31SHoX2

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 04:23PM

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Continues 2 Month Consolidation Near Key 10k Level

https://ift.tt/2Z9JLqN

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 05:31PM

Fear & greed index at its historical lowest value (since February 2018) could mean we're nearing the bottom of the retracement

https://ift.tt/2ZdKUP6

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 02:45PM

Ontology staking information site shutting down

https://ift.tt/31Xml5w

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 01:12PM

HitBTC - Unable to withdraw BTC - Ticket ID 460513

Ticket ID 460513I deposited BTC into HitBTC last weekend to trade coins that were unavailable on popular exchanges. Today I tried to withdraw my own BTC and I can't. I get an error saying "withdrawals have been disabled on your account". What is this even supposed to mean? Please help. I just did the KYC a few minutes ago hoping that would help. How can I get my money back? This is ridiculous. Please help.

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 12:24PM

pharmacy taking crypto - Vienna,Austria

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Submitted August 22, 2019 at 11:15AM

Crypto community:This is it! The true bull market!! Bitcoin:

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Submitted August 22, 2019 at 09:57AM

Daily Discussion - August 22, 2019 (GMT+0)

Ethereum Price Has Best Risk-Reward Ratio Ever: Crypto Venture Capitalist

https://ift.tt/2Z7HZr8

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 03:28AM

Surveying the Privacy Landscape - How do different Privacy Implementations compare?

From Monero to Bitcoin, how do different Privacy implementations compare?Decred Project Lead Jake Yocom-Piatt takes a deep dive on existing #Privacy tech in #Crypto also including Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash, Grin, Beam, Dash.Full article: https://blog.decred.org/2019/08/21/Surveying-the-Privacy-Landscape/https://i.redd.it/8m30djvzquh31.pngMetrics for Surveying the Privacy Landscape include: * Privacy techniques utilized * Degree of privacy * Complexity * Anonymity set *Pros *ConsSince 2016, #Decred has worked to implement systems that make it a superior long term store of value. The ledger is hyper-secure, project-level decisions are made by coin holders via Politeia, and the Treasury supports development by paying people for their work.With these core foundations set, Decred now turns its focus to privacy features that will enhance its users' financial security and make Decred more sustainable.*********** Looking forward to the next post about what Decred will offer! **********\*https://ift.tt/30m1Oaw

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 02:25AM

Lightning Network returns just $48 a year for $1m locked up

https://ift.tt/30i4fuK

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 02:40AM

Surveying the Privacy Landscape

https://ift.tt/2ZdIkUg

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 02:33AM

Just Unsubscribed from r/bitcoin ! How pleasant (again) learning about crypto on reddit has become 😌

I was tired of all the Bitcoin maximalists posts and comments plus the lack of useful material/réflexion in general.Just wanted to share this with you, you live your life I live mine.But if you are curious, TRY 😉

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 01:09AM

YOLOrekt is live on mainnet! Ethereums Newest dApp!

https://ift.tt/33SjkVZ

Submitted August 22, 2019 at 01:29AM

How similar is Nano's block lattice of of SysCoin's Z-DAG?

How similar is Nano's block lattice of SysCoin's Z-DAG?Which one has actually done more transactions in a live test?I'm guessing that they're both good for payments. But when it comes to scripting abilities, how far is SysCoin from Ethereum? Does that even matter, since SysCoin has a working bridge with Ethereum, and can use its capabilities?Thanks to whoever will be answering. I'm also curious to hear any other opinion on Nano, SysCoin, and Nano vs SysCoin.

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 10:14PM

Tether Rumored to Issue New Stablecoin Pegged to Chinese Renminbi

https://ift.tt/2Nnuz2Q

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 08:43PM

Using stablecoins to pay for day-to-day life?

This is astonishing to me; we’re starting to see stable coins have a real-world impact. Stablecoins are able to ‘bank’ the unbanked and provide a way that is immune to censorship. Has anyone paid for something in their day-to-day with stablecoin coin? Personally, I only use it a safe-haven when trading as I am sure most of you do.I guess I am wondering why BTC is blowing up in all these unbanked countries. Why not just use a stablecoin? I am sure these people care more about price stability when paying for rent than centralization. Or am I missing something here?

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 11:03PM

$25 million in ‘Longs’ liquidated at BitMEX

https://ift.tt/2Mt2IyQ

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 08:09PM

The Tipping Point For Mass Blockchain Adoption

https://ift.tt/2Z7KPvX

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 09:35PM

How to Unlock the Millions Stuck in Dead Coin Portfolios

https://ift.tt/2ZjpRpk are over 2,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today, the majority of which do not present active value for their holders. These cryptos that present no value are responsible for a large amount of investment in the crypto market. In figuring out how to unlock the millions stuck in dead coin portfolios, one must revisit what happened around the 2017 ICO era.How did Dead Coins come about?Many of the investors whose funds are stuck in dead coin portfolios are those who rushed into the ICO market between 2016 and 2018. Others may have been involved before then. Unfortunately, while the 2017 ICO era brought a lot of awareness to the crypto industry, it was also a window for some negative developments. The aftermath is the millions stuck in dead coin portfolios.Before this era, a number of projects had come into existence, even afterwards, more money has found its way into the crypto market. Placing this side-by-side with the number of dead coins being announced daily will give you an idea of the amount of wealth trapped in the crypto market.The Impact of Dead Coins to the Crypto MarketThe consequence of dead coins in the crypto market is enormous. It cuts across the investors themselves, and the market as a whole. These dead coins still have their data posted in the market and form part of the study tools for traders and investors. Therefore, beyond the risk borne by their direct investors, their influence on market analysis can be misleading.Take for instance the popular coin listing platform, CoinmarketCap. It has over 2,400 coins listed on it at the time of writing. Majority of the altcoins listed there do not have sustainable network activity. Yet, because they are yet to overcome certain thresholds, they are still recognized as active cryptos. In reality, many of them are gone, and just this close to becoming officially declared as dead coins.This development is why many people see cryptocurrency investments as a risky venture, especially with altcoins. Other factors include the lack of liquidity, dying communities and projects not finding necessary adoption. These factors leave investors stuck with tokens that they cannot get rid of.How to Derive Value from Dead CoinsAll that is about to become old news with the emergence of CoinJanitor’s rescue program. This is a program that is aimed at cleaning up the cryptocurrency market, and help to expose the true value of the market. For the crypto market to be sustained, there needs to be proper evaluation. This will be possible only when non-viable projects are removed from the ecosystem, thereby unlocking redundant assets.Although this exercise is aimed at providing a lasting solution to the industry, it also serves as a restoration process for investors with locked funds. Investors that have put money into blockchain projects that have failed to deliver on promises. This group appears to be stuck with digital tokens that presently offer them no value whatsoever.What CoinJanitor is doing is to help investors recover value by issuing them tokens from an active blockchain project. Tokens that have both immediate and sustainable value. The platform’s JAN tokens will be issued to victims of dead coins in exchange for the dead coins. This will enable CoinJanitor to burn the dead coins and clean up the crypto currency market.While this happens, the investor can either trade their newly issued JAN tokens for Bitcoin, Ethereum or any other major cryptocurrency. They can also keep the JAN tokens and enjoy its own value. What is more important is that the ultimate goals are achieved, which involves cleaning up the industry and restoring value for investors. This is how to unlock the millions stuck in dead coin portfolios!https://ift.tt/2HeWMoD

Submitted August 21, 2019 at 07:56PM

VeChain, DNV GL invited to present VeChain-powered traceability solutions for Chinese Government-backed Important Product Traceability Expo in Shanghai

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 08:08PM

5 Different Types of Cryptocurrencies Entrepreneurs Should Know About it - ICOshock

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 08:09PM

Supreme Court disses RBI over crypto ban in India

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 07:36PM

Monthly Skeptics Discussion - August, 2019

Welcome to the Monthly Skeptics Discussion thread. The goal of this thread is to promote critical discussion by challenging popular or conventional beliefs.This thread is scheduled to be reposted on the 1st of every month. Due to the 2 post sticky limit, this thread will not be permanently stickied like the Daily Discussion thread. It will often be taken down to make room for important announcements or news.To see the latest Daily Discussion, click here.To see the latest Weekly Support, click here.Rules:All sub rules apply here.Discussion topics must be on topic, i.e. only related to skeptical or critical discussion about cryptocurrency. Markets or financial advice discussion, will most likely be removed and is better suited for the daily thread.Promotional top-level comments will be removed. For example, giving the current composition of your portfolio or stating you sold X coin for Y coin(shilling), will promptly be removed.Karma and age requirements are in full effect and may be increased if necessary.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.Please report top-level promotional comments and/or shilling.Resources and Tools:Read through the CryptoWikis Library for material to discuss and consider contributing to it if you're interested. r/CryptoWikis is the home subreddit for the CryptoWikis project. Its goal is to give an equal voice to supporting and opposing opinions on all crypto related projects.Consider changing your comment sorting around to find more critical 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 reading through the Critical Discussion search listing.Click the RES subscribe button below if you would like to be notified when comments are posted.Thank you in advance for your participation.

Submitted August 12, 2019 at 02:30AM

Facebook Libra Already Facing an EU Antitrust Probe: Report

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 05:04PM

Blockchain Solutions For Banking The Unbanked ⋆ ZyCrypto

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 05:57PM

Spotted at Shambala Festival, UK

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 05:12PM

EDAG CityBot - Modular Autonomous Vehicle using IOTA

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 03:08PM

Austrian Telecommunications Giant to Accept Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 12:19PM

@GhanaNano - prototype Nano/Airtime bot being used in Ghana

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 12:18PM

Daily Discussion - August 21, 2019 (GMT+0)

From Nothing to Million Dollar Idea | Founder Zachary Dash speaks on Bomb Token's Success

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 05:08AM

NBA Basketball Team, Dallas Mavericks, to Accept Bitcoin (BTC) as Payment Method Using BitPay

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 12:04AM

IPOs are coming to Ethereum

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 01:34AM

Andrew Yang wants to Employ Blockchain in voting. "It’s ridiculous that in 2020 we are still standing in line for hours to vote in antiquated voting booths. It is 100% technically possible to have fraud-proof voting on our mobile phone"

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 03:23AM

Brock Pierce spoke at Jeffrey Epstein conference on Pedo Island

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Submitted August 21, 2019 at 12:31AM

We couldn’t find a good short book that explained Bitcoin to our parents so we wrote one

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 11:10PM

Consensus in the IOTA Tangle — FPC

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 09:49PM

Are masternodes still a good idea in today’s BTC bull market?

So I was reading this article about masternodes and it seems that setting one up is not only easy, but can be somewhat lucrative. I primarily hold BTC, but was wondering if earning with a masternode is still a good idea? With BTC dominating the market, you guys think that ALTS will come back? Out of all the coins listed in the article NEO seems interesting because you don’t actually have to buy a predefined amount, but DASH seems like the front runner. Thanks for the help guys!

Submitted August 20, 2019 at 09:00PM

250,000 tips and swaps were executed between 15,000 people in over 300 communities on Telegram, all without any fees

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 07:26PM

Hydro Labs Partners with Liquid Exchange to Disrupt $700B Remittance Market - Reuters

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 07:09PM

24 H Volumes of popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

Take a look at the top cryptocurrency exchanges 24 H volumes. Binance started very late and beat everyone in the space due to its trust among the customers. What do you think which exchange can beat Binance in future?https://ift.tt/2ZgobAS

Submitted August 20, 2019 at 04:47PM

New Zealanders Can Earn Salaries In Crypto

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 06:03PM

Trive.park: revolutionary parking app that uses IOTA’s Tangle

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 05:36PM

BBC seemingly changes rhetoric on cryptocurrency with new six minute English video on cryptocurrency

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 04:04PM

Crypto trading is kinda the wild-west of the investment world as the market can be a very volatile place. Making sure you have a well-thought-out strategy is crucial. Here is the top do's and don'ts when it comes to trading crypto.

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 04:11PM

On Monday, the New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and iFinex can continue. It’s the parent company of the exchange Bitfinex. The ruling paves the path for the AG to continue its demands, which include forcing them to hand over documents.

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 03:30PM

COSS official IEO Liftoff to launch SWAPS.NETWORK on 21st August 2019

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 01:09PM

100 Trillion Dollar Bitcoin Catalyst (Documentary)

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 01:22PM

Seems like everyone is jumping into for free publicity. Everyone is eager to get attention of Bitcoin community.

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 02:29PM

Energi — PrivateSend Explained

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Submitted August 20, 2019 at 02:10PM

Bitcoin as gold in a time of economic experimentation and geo-political tension

Boss Crypto Letter To Investors #5 - AugustNote: Research data compiled from blockchain.info, coinmetrics and unchainedcapital.Bitcoin As GoldThe narrative around Bitcoin as “digital gold” or “gold 2.0” has been strengthening in recent months and we have even seen Bitcoin slip into a strong inverse correlation to US stocks. For us, this is not a new story and the potential for Bitcoin to shine in this arena is something we have been propagating for years. The topic is hotly debated given the potential diversification benefits that exposure to Bitcoin has in portfolio construction. There are certain times when Bitcoin trades in line with risk assets, selling off when equity volatility spikes and when liquidity runs dry, however it has little to no correlation with traditional asset classes like commodities, bonds, currencies, or stocks.The world unfolding around us is brewing the perfect storm that most perma Bitcoin bulls have been waiting for since the beginning. Bitcoin has only ever existed in a global bull-market and perhaps for the first time in 10 years that might be about to change. Amid extreme monetary policies and rising geopolitical tensions the narrative for Bitcoin as digital gold has scarcely been stronger. Combine this with the fact that investors are starving for growth and unable to hit their benchmarks with traditional portfolio’s the comparison between the current Bitcoin market cap and the market cap for investible gold becomes an enticing proposition. The best part? A comparison to gold might not even be the end of theroad for Bitcoin. Right now there are almost no assets that largely sit outside the purview of any single government. If we see the political tensions in our world rise and the ability of these governments to service their debts comes into question the demand for non-sovereign assets is likely to boom.The rising risk of currency devaluation, especially among reserve currencies, combined with its non sovereign nature is a longer-term catalyst that may propel BTC to new untold heights. The opportunity cost of not holding Bitcoin is getting higher every day as the long-term outlook for traditional asset classes and growth continues in a downward spiral.Late In The CycleIn this edition I wanted to take a step back to look at the global macro economic environment. I believe that we are entering an era where the understanding of economics and appropriate investment principles will be imperative for success. As of July we have now officially seen the longest period of sustained growth in history and it’s getting late (perhaps very late) in that cycle.-Bleak global growth projections-Trade wars-Weak inflation-$14 trillion of negative yielding debt-Unprecedented monetary policies-Late in the cycle stimulus-Declining corporate profits-Stocks rallying into the promise of rate cuts and additionalstimulus-Explosion of low quality credit-Explosion of IPO’s showing just as explosive lossesThe global slowdown everyone has been fearing is starting to show up in economic data. With short term interest rates already low economic stimulus measures may need to be more extreme to be effective. The central banks of our world are preparing the global market for more rate cuts and additional stimulus as they attempt to prolong the currenteconomic expansion, seemingly “forever”. The implication of economic policies favouring growth (including theforecast for multiple rate cuts by the end of 2019) are already impacting market prices and portfolio structure.As we have talked about many times in previous letters, investors are being pushed further and further out on the risk curve in their search for a return high enough to satisfy their benchmarks. With government debt yields, fixed income and traditional value assets underperforming the focus has shifted to growth assets throwing support behind Bitcoin for the time being. Money Supply and Risk Assets Monetary policy plays a significant role in markets. When there is anincrease in the money supply there tends to be a strong performance in risk assets while at the same time pushing investors further out the risk curve as they compete for the best returns. Lower rates and more relaxed monetary policy not only encourages borrowing (creating a surplus of money) it also forces investors to change the way they invest because it damages the potential returns from traditionally safe assets.It is speculated that the Fed will keep the door open for further rate cuts by the end of 2019, but be careful when analysing how much of this has already been priced into the markets, including Bitcoin. Generally speaking investors are willing to pay higher multiples when the other alternatives available to them are unattractive.Right now bond yields across the board from sovereign to corporate debt are very unattractive which has pushed investors towards equities.AnalysisThe almost illogically high concentration of Bitcoin and high-caps in our portfolio has continued to bring in immense rewards over the past few months. There were only 12 projects with a market capitalization over $15 million which outperformed Bitcoin year-to-date. UTXO Analysis When looking at the base of Bitcoin holders compared to our previous reports not much has changed in the last three months. Holders in the 3-5 year bands have decreased however the reason for the decrease is not from selling, it is because they have been moved into the 5+ year bands which is sitting around all time highs at 21.5% of total Bitcoin supply.The only longer dated band with a noticeable amount of sellers was the 1-2 year band where sellers accounted for about half of the 1.8% decline in that band, and a shift into the 2-3 year band representing the other half. By far the largest amount of selling during the recent rally can be found in the youngest bands. Holders in the 3-6 month band and 6-12 month band respectively. The 3-6 month band has come down from down from 10.2% to 6.8% with selling accounting for the majority of the drop.Liquid Supply(Defined as coins that have moved in the last 90 days)The majority of this liquid supply is continuing to come from short term UTXO’s (traders). When compared to the previous cycle bottom we can see a very similar pattern emerge.Around July 2015 the liquid supply began to increase as trading activity began to draw in speculators again. During this same period long term holders remained unphased. This type of movement is correlated with a rise in volatility as trading volumes begin to influence the velocity of price. From a cyclical perspective it is likely that volatility is peaking now. If that proves to be true it is likely that the liquid supply will again decrease over the coming months.It wasn’t until then 2017 bull run that long term holders started to contribute to the increased liquid supply, so without large increases or decreases in price I feel it is unlikely that long term holders will be drawn into trading and the current cycle of holding will dominate.ConclusionOne thing that I would like for you to remember here is that despite the potentially favorable economic environment for Bitcoin it is very important to note the following: In the face of any serious economic downturn, market crash or correction there will be a shortage of credit and a shortage of liquidity. This forces investors to sell off assets as they scramble for cash and risk assets are often sold off first. When investors need cash, they may need to sell their Bitcoin, no matter how badly they “wish” to hold it. A prudent Bitcoin investor will understand that Bitcoin is still an asset and has not yet proven itself in serious crisis as a miracle hedge, or even as a viable digital gold.. . .Taken from the Boss Crypto VIP Newsletter at: https://bosscrypto.co/

Submitted August 20, 2019 at 08:40AM