Quote from: iamTom123 on December 18, 2017, 04:46:53 PM

Quote from: crypto_fanatic44 on December 18, 2017, 03:45:34 PM

Crypto enthusiasts have probably been anticipating Bitcoins global interest and adoption for some time now, and 2017 seems to be the year for that to happen. January saw the currency trading at $1k, while the last two weeks saw it jump from $10k to $14k and then to $18k. Some exchanges even reported Bitcoins price breaking the $20k barrier. Its market cap of over $300 billion last week even surpassed that of Visa. Full article: http://cryptobible.io/comes-next-bitcoin/

I guess there would be less problems with Bitcoin in 2018 but the old clogging or scalability issues resulting into ridiculously astronomical and shocking transaction fees will still be dominating the airwaves. We are just hoping that with the 12 months available for 2018, these problems can be given adequate and acceptable solutions. The whole Bitcoin community is now waiting and dreaming for the time when the coin can be accelerating towards its adoption by the mainstream not just a store of value but importantly as a currency which can utilized everyday even with micro-transactions. Next year can be the make or break year for Bitcoin.

Recently, there was information about the implementation of the lightning project in the project, which should solve all existing problems, namely: there will be no need to wait for a long time for confirmation of transactions, so they will be performed quite quickly, transactions can be carried out with small amounts and commissions for they will not be