Although I am a newbie on this forum, I have been watching Cryptos (now AltCoins to be more PC) for over 5 years (sadly without enough fiat committed to it!). Working in the investment world, I fear that governments will ultimately take the blockchain technology to design their own versions of digital currencies, defeating the decentralised, anonymous nature that all libertarian supporters have loved about Cryptos all these years.##

What do you think? Can BTC and other AltCoins remain independent and tradable without government involvement or will they eventually get hijacked by governments or even the IMF?

All thoughts very welcome..

Like the sound of this, could have some legs...will be watching closely.

Good luck devs!

Interteresting project - where can I find a white paper on this?

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Is Bittrex taking on new accounts now? Last time I checked they had suspended new account openings..

Perfect - thank you moonshot and happy trading!

My MainNet version seems to be working OK for now although the base rate is very high. I have recently started forging but haven’t seen any ARDR forged just yet.

Does anyone know what the forge rate is or how it can be calculated?

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Does anyone know where to find historic prices for alt  can be exported into Excel for analysis? Lo9ing at the charts is OK for the casual speculator but it would really help if you could actually do some proper analysis to identify trends.

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Please excuse noob question but are there any other ways besides donations and faucets that early investors can get in on Manta? I’ve never used a faucet before as a means of getting coins.

All the best with your new project devs!

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Thank you very much Coins4Days, much appreciated!   

Apologies for the newbie question but I need some help - where can I find my BitcoinTalk ID? Probably somewhere obvious I bet but I just can’t find it!

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Hi there, as a noob, can I still get some SEM by using the signature?

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As a newbie, I was excited to start using Tenx and get a card for transactions but it turns out they have recently suspended the card facility.

What apps/ projects are there that allow one to get hold of a card for payments using BTC, ETH or other alt coins?

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Any word on what exchange SEM will be trading post the 20th?

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Another point in ETH's favour obviously is its cheaper price - naive point but human psychology matters..

IMHO, ETH has much more going for it due to its ability to launch your own coins and apps on its platform. But it's always prudent to diversify and BTC will probably always have a place as (at least) the funding currency for alts.

Thank you guys for the very useful post - especially useful for all us newbies! 

As a newbie, I came across XDAG and am interested. If I download the wallet, can I mine some?

Thanks for helping out!

Sadly patience is sorely lacking in this space as too many are looking for a quick flip of a ‘penny’ [Suspicious link removed]d things (usually) come to those who wait - keep the faith and let’s not judge ARDR’s success or failure too quickly.

Where can one buy some SEM with BTC?

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Can I ask a newbie question - what is Directed acyclic graph and why is it superior to Blockchain technology?

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