We all can notice that coronavirus outbreak has echoed almost in every aspect of socio-economic life. Although many of us wonder, whether Bitcoin overcomes such a recession and gets back to the top dog position in crypto? Some experts like Leonid Matveev, Head of Trading Analytics at Waves Platform think that the mass hysteria will come to an end and Bitcoin price will successfully stabilize, and halving can also be benefiting for the Bitcoin price. Others like Alexey Markov from United Traders think that the current price drop is natural, and it’s still 20% higher than last year. What do you think about Bitcoin’s price during the Coronavirus hysteria? Will it contribute to a better change with potential growth? Or it is the beginning of the end?

It seems like the recent virus has affected not only people’s health but also the content of their wallets. Many businesses have gone through financial hell because of insufficient cash flow, low reserves, and complications with loans and debt restructuring. On top of this, the mining industry in China may come to an end due to the impetuous departure of the crypto community. Throughout the years, Bitcoin has had a positive correlation with gold and a negative one with the stock market. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the situation has reversed. Now gold keeps growing past the 2013 levels, while Bitcoin is plummeting along with stocks. Also, experts say that the decrease in China’s electricity consumption may lead to a dead-end for mining farms with a consequent drop in the total hash rate. What do you think about coronavirus affecting the bitcoin industry? Is it what we really need to be afraid of?

When we look at the countries that are adapting to the ever-changing crypto-world, it seems like Germany is the one who takes it precautiously slow. Nonetheless, Germany has one of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges in the world: Bitcoin.de. Plus, for Germany can be quite a lucrative space for crypto-projects and business. Its regulation crypto policy states that a Bitcoin sold after one year of holding is not subject to taxation. But why is it still adjusting to crypto in a meticulously unhurried way? Alex Anarcho, the Germany-based cryptocurrency publication editor and economist, suggests that the lack of adaptative regulation for crypto results in unfulfilled potential. What do you think about highly prospective crypto countries that decelerate its progress because of bureaucracy?

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Is there a moment when it is too late to invest in Bitcoin, and if so, how to understand that it has come? If we analyze the history of price drops, periods of correction are almost inconsequential, comparing to Bitcoin’s massive growth. It's really hard to predict the "prime time" for selling them when real winners in Bitcoin investment are those who did not sell their Bitcoins when there was a tendency to do it. Moreover, some experts even suggest depositing small “portions” of Bitcoin in order to accumulate investment within some time. What do you think about investing in Bitcoin? What are your ways of investing in it? Spill it out.

Lucius, adeandro, and kryptqnick, thank you for your opinions and appreciation. And sorry if we made a mistake. Let me explain, please.

We've been thinking for a while where to post this thread. While we are indeed a media outlet, we thought that Press would not be suitable for what we had in mind. After all, it's just about news, a short lead, and a link. We, on the other hand, were more thinking along the lines of offering some unique content and discussing it. And as we didn't want to spam the forum with numerous threads, we opted for creating just one.

What we are about, after all, is to create some value that, in our opinion, some other crypto-themed media have lost or even lacked, to begin with. We're not judging, of course. We set up a mission of telling "what's up with crypto and why it's important." To that end, we wish to become a place where everyone from the crypto-community could get some great insights or express their valuable opinion in the form of a comment or an op-ed, or even an interview. It's just because Bitcoin was a community effort in the first place, and we try to keep up with that philosophy in what we do as a media.

We're not newbies, anyway. Most of us got involved in Bitcoin back in 2012 or so. First, we started ForkLog.com, which has become the biggest crypto-themed media in Russian. We got some expertise from that and took our lumps in the process. Now we seek to reach a broader audience with the same values as before. And those values would be to produce interesting and quality content while keeping up the unbiased approach as much as humanly possible. We're all people after all.

P.S. I've amended the initial post accordingly.

What is it all about?

We want to explain the most important news about Bitcoin on a daily basis.

We've chosen Bitcointalk as we do appreciate your community. We've been thinking for a while where to post this thread. While we are a media outlet, we thought that Press would not be suitable for what we had in mind. After all, it's just about news, a short lead, and a link. We, on the other hand, were more thinking along the lines of offering some unique content and discussing it. And as we didn't want to spam the forum with numerous threads, we opted for creating just one.

What is forklog.media?

We are a crypto-media. We do comprehensive analysis to help users understand what's happening in crypto and why it's important. We explain the most important news about cryptocurrencies & blockchain and deliver investigations, guides, expert opinions on bitcoin price, digital assets, and mining since 2015.

What we are about, after all, is to create some value that, in our opinion, some other crypto-themed media have lost or even lacked, to begin with. We're not judging, of course. We set up a mission of telling "what's up with crypto and why it's important." To that end, we wish to become a place where everyone from the crypto-community could get some great insights or express their valuable opinion in the form of a comment or an op-ed, or even an interview. It's just because Bitcoin was a community effort in the first place, and we try to keep up with that philosophy in what we do as a media.

We're not newbies, anyway. Most of us got involved in Bitcoin back in 2012 or so. First, we started ForkLog.com, which has become the biggest crypto-themed media in Russian. We got some expertise from that and took our lumps in the process. Now we seek to reach a broader audience with the same values as before. And those values would be to produce interesting and quality content while keeping up the unbiased approach as much as humanly possible. We're all people after all.

Your comments will be highly appreciated!

Cheers!

Thank you for your insights. From now on, I will keep in mind that creating any new thread involves plenty of further discussions.

I've already said that I'm related to this online magazine. And I used the word "our" since there are obviously more people who are related to the magazine. Sorry, but what are you trying to prove here?

You're saying that shitcoinoffering does it in the right way, am I correct?

Thanks for trying to find a solution. I also would like to make sure that the community benefits from content on Bitcointalk!

I don't agree with the recent spam accusations. But I believe that neither o_e_l_e_o nor 20kevin20 is interested in finding a solution. They believe that exclusive content that helps users understand what's with crypto and why it's important is nothing but "irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent for the purposes of advertising". I respect their right to dislike the content. And I really think that they do a good job for this forum by reporting spammers.

My case is just different and sometimes it's good to make all points clear before accusing anyone. My motivation is to make sure that the community receives important content. If the users are interested in the content they will visit the website.

I was thinking about a solution and I also came up with an idea of posting articles in one thread. The problem is that the articles are long enough to post. It isn't news but analysis, research, and opinions. What would you recommend in this case?

First, you accused me of abusing the forum. Then, you said that only bounty hunters read this forum. Well, it wasn't me who abused the forum, then. I respect the rules and I don't post anything to make-a-living. I explicitly said it. Stop manipulation, please.

The given example is incorrect and unreliable, again. The screenshot of Google results contains different links and doesn't elaborate on the topics, and thus doesn't bring any value. I share exclusive content that explains what's up with crypto and why it's important. The articles provide analytics, opinions, and comprehensive research on an important matter. I do it once per day and always include a short description or lead-in, so that the community still can discuss things without clicking the link. Thus whether or not to click the link is really up to the community. Stop manipulation, please (2).

That's your assumption. You have the right to have it. I respect it.

No, it means that they deem some topics to breake the rules somehow. There might be several reasons. I respect their decision, yet don't understand it. I explicitly said it as well.

Anyway, I suggest that you read what's spam before you start to accuse anyone of spamming again. Stop manipulation, please (3).

Another bounty-hunterfighter joins this wild witch-hunt. Good luck!

Thanks @NeuroticFish!

Re evaluation, that's my point exactly, let me quote myself today:

Re discussion, I ain't interested in convincing anyone. It's up to mods to decide. I'm just trying to make my point clear. That's all.

I'm saying that I 'd rather receive the link to exclusive content than see a bunch of casinos ads in his profile pic and signature every time he publishes anything of "highest quality" on Bitcointalk. After all, I don't know what's an intent to publish posts. It might be either bring value or earn some satoshis, or both. It's your right to choose how to make-a-living thought.

You've preferred to accuse me over clarify things first. Ultimately, I've answered "everyone's" question by saying that I share exclusive content without receiving payments or any other benefits for it. I ain't gonna elaborate more in this situation, as I ain't spamming.  

Good luck in your witchbounty-huntfight.

I don't deem my threads a low value or uninteresting. But as far as I ain't the one who should decide I refer to your own metrics. And the metrics say that the community has proved my statement to be correct. And anyway, why is this thread is not popular, then?

You're right. I don't discuss things much but I provide the community with interesting topics to discuss, so I use the forum for its intended purpose, which is to discuss ideas.

I just checked your posting history. You did repeat something you've seen or heard and put on this forum. Nice catch, isn't it?

So you're basically saying that it is better to promote casinos for payments than share exclusive content without being paid for it.

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What I can see here is that a bunch of bounty hunters with paid signatures (20kevin20, o_e_l_e_o, suchmoon, hosseinimr93) accuses person who shares exclusive content without receiving any benefits for it. No offense but that's just too much.

Hi Baofeng! Thanks. I've responded to that accusation. I deem it an explicit witch-hunt.

Hi @o_e_l_e_o. Did I break the rules of this forum? To the best of my knowledge, I didn't.

What I basically do is share one exclusive article per day. I personally believe that the bitcointalk's community may benefit from these features. Moreover, the community proved my belief to be reliable. The users like content that I share. Just take a look at the number of views and messages in the threads. That's why I share the articles. And that's why I don't understand why some of the topics have been deleted.

Please elaborate what's the problem. Otherwise, it truly looks like a witch-hunt.

Anyway, if this forum is not the right place to share important content for the community I will stop doing this immediately. But would the community benefit from it? Let's ask the community, maybe?

Ethereum Classic price has been surging ever since the Agartha hard fork in mid-January. Starting at $5 before the hard fork, today the price has reached $12, seemingly continuing the upward trend. This led to an increased mining activity within the network, and the hash rate breaking all-time records with 20 TH.

What’s happening with Ethereum Classic? Is this truly a phoenix’s resurgence for this venerable altcoin? In this article, forklog.media will provide facts and suggest explanations.

Let’s start with a little bit of a backstory.

https://forklog.media/why-is-ethereum-classic-rallying-fluke-or-trend/

Hi! I'm kinda related to this online magazine. Our goal is to explain what's up with crypto and why it's important. I share our posts here on Bitcointalk because I believe that the community may benefit from these features.

Let’s face it: crypto adoption has been going down for quite some time. There are fewer and fewer merchants accepting Bitcoin, let alone other cryptocurrencies. This is a bit surprising, given that many issues hampering adoption in the early days have been sorted out: user interfaces got a lot safer and friendlier, major cryptocurrencies are much less volatile than they once were, the assortment of tools for merchants as well as consumers has substantially increased, layer 2 solutions addressing bottlenecks are becoming practical, and yet…

A once-popular crypto-only travel agency, BTCtrip.com has closed shop, leaving unfulfilled orders and defaults on refunds in its wake. Restaurants that once accepted crypto payments no longer do. Fewer and fewer webshops offer crypto as payment options.

In this article Daniel Nagy, a software architect and Ethereum developer, explains why this is happening and how this trend can be reversed.

https://forklog.media/why-crypto-is-not-universally-adopted-and-how-to-change-it/

At the end of the last year, the G7 released a report, reading that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies “have so far failed to provide a reliable and attractive means of payment or store of value.”

The authors of the report believe that cryptocurrencies are excessively volatile and difficult to use, suffer from scalability problems, and face regulatory risks.

An American billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of investment firm Bridgewater Associates, said that the first cryptocurrency is a speculative asset and isn’t effective for payments or store of value.

We try to find out if Bitcoin is able to be money and what is it, exactly: the internet’s native money, a hedging instrument, or an asset for speculation?

https://forklog.media/what-is-bitcoin-internets-native-money-hedging-instrument-or-asset-for-speculation/

There is no shortage of coins and tokens in the crypto-industry. How many of them are any good is the question.

Evaluating the economics, technology, and marketing of just one project is hard. There are thousands of projects out there. It’s impossible to come up with a universally applicable method to tell good projects from bad ones.

Yet, somehow people get by and manage to navigate among all the options in the cryptocurrency market. How?

When there are too many things to choose from and the time is limited, people, animals, and computers sometimes use heuristics—problem-solving approaches that aren’t necessarily optimal or rational, but they work well enough in most cases and save some time if you’re lucky.

https://forklog.media/how-to-spot-a-shitcoin/