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I love following John McAfee on social media. He is very positive. If he stick to his words then he should make a great president. Donald trump being in power shows that anything is possible. What will the crypto world look like by the time John Mcafee is in power in 2020? BTC Even if John doesn’t get the presidency he will elevate cryptocurrency to new highs giving cryptocurrency a lot of media coverage in his election campaign. He is definitely one to watch out for in the next coming months/years. Onwards and upwards.

Ethereum in the short term future has a lot of potential especially with network updates.

I don’t think bitcoin threatens the banks, however it’s a threat to how they are operate. Blockchain and bitcoin have the power the change the industry dramatically over the next 10 years.

https://www.ccn.com/monero-now-available-on-circle-invest-crypto-app/

No its monero I think, he must have auto spell check on or something

I think without the updates the fees would have just killed off bitcoin. Especially when you are paying $60 dollars to send a dollar which is how bad it got at some points in summer. This is a very interesting perspective I have to admit. Wasn't satoshi original idea to have bitcoin as a means of payment though?

I cant see how thats possible. Actually its possible but you need some form of incentive to keep the integrity of the blockchain in tact and a currency seems to be that missing key. Its still the only formula humans have come up with thus far to secure a decentralised distributed system. If you don't mind that its centralised then most backs have a blockchain already of some sorts. In the fact they keep track of unspent transactions.

Coinbase for security
Binance for good altcoins
Bitfinex for shorts
Huboi for when im feeling risky
AirSwap for their potential

So getting into cryptocurrency its obvious to see that there is an ocean of voices out there more than willing to offer you their opinion but who should I really be paying attention too?

Here is a list of people I have been listening very closely to. Please feel free to critique my choices and offer alternatives.

Olaf Carlson-wee
Charlie Lee
Bobby Lee
Max Keiser
Laura Shin
Vitalic Buterin
Teeka Tiwari
Andreas Antonopolos

Id love some other suggestions of people to listen too. Id like people who are too busy working to bother about public appearances. Im after the hidden gems because I already know most of the people I listen too are very mainstream.

Scaling solutions will drastically reduce transaction costs and times over time I reckon. Eth with Raiden and Plasma and bitcoin with Lightning network and schnoor signatures once fully implemented will go along way to making that famous aim of buying a cup of coffee possible. Once the price discovery age we are in subsides that is.

I think capitalism, true capitalism is the reason for the increase in living standards over the last 200 years but I would say that its important to make sure true capitalism is still being promoted today. I do think its the best system we have at the moment but I also think it can be improved. Its important to note that capitalism is an economic system where private owners control a countries trade and industry.

But what happens when these private owners get too much power? I think the advent of the internet throws in some curveballs because globalisation is now becoming very real. At what point does it become too centralised? I do think we are starting a shift into something other than capitalism. The name of it im not sure and what are the guarantees this trend of peoples living standards raising will continue, again im not sure this is guaranteed either.

With the upcoming meeting of the SEC, there seems to be allot of talk that it will centre around ethereum. Again there is allot of talk that the news to come out will be positive for ETH. If this is the case does this mean the howie test is now irrelevant because from what I can gather ETH does tick all the boxes of a howie test security?

The food pyramid has bread pasta rice as one of the most important food sources though this is litteraly sugar. It was created post WW2 to feed the masses as cheaply as possible. It's actually scary that these diet myths are still being promoted, even by doctors. Who get zero nutritional education in medical school. The starting slow bit is true though

Try intermittent fasting in combination with a low carb approach. It will take some getting used to mind you as your body is probably adapted to getting a constant feed of carbs throughout the day. I'm not recommending the Keto diet but a lower carb approach was the missing link for me. Years and years of struggling to lower my body fat cutting out breads pasta rice fruit juices worked wonders for me. A word of warning, do not be religious about it! This is the quickest way to make you quit.

https://www.coindesk.com/lightning-nfc-new-plan-bring-bitcoin-retail/


I think this article touches on wider adoption and some potential methods we could use to get there. I think a standardised protocol would have to be introduced in order to reach the mainstream adoption we all want to see. I have no doubt these things will be developed. It's easy to get caught up in the bubble within cryptocurrency but we are still extremely early and allot of the infrastructure still hasn't been developed

If they have fully outlawed cryptocurrency beggars belief it seems like one of the countries that would benefit most from the quick border less transactions. Consider for a second the amount of Indians working abroad that send money home to family on a weekly monthly basis using money transmitters such as western union. The fees they are paying will be mind boggling. I can't see this ban lasting much longer if it is in fact banned

 I do agree that the contents of the article are suspect once reading into it. But how many people actually read into articles. We live in a very headline driven society at the moment and my guess is that that majority of people will only read headlines. We are in an environment where 99% of coverage is negative surrounding crypto so its quite nice to see some positive fake news every now and then instead of fake news bashing the industry. I do share your concern though but at least its not another negative headline.

Hi everybody I would like to share some insights that really helped me get over or manage should I say my fear of public speaking. In my job speaking in public has become more and more important and to be quite frank, it scared the living daylights out of me.

There were a few techniques I learned and deployed that have been extremely beneficial.



1) Anxiety Management

"85% of people fear public speaking and the other 15% are lying"

Understanding that the anxious feeling you get is little more than your body telling you what your about to do is important. Try greeting your anxiety as soon as you start to notice it creeping in. No...actually greet your anxiety, sounds daft but it works.

"Hi anxiety, this is me feeling nervous, I'm about to do something of consequence"

Another technique I use for anxiety is re-framing the situation I see myself in as an opportunity and not a performance. There is no wrong way to do it. Look at it as a conversation: Start with questions
                                                                           Use conversational language
                                                                           Be in the present moment (reciting tong twisters before speaking in my fav)



2) Dare To Be Dull

"Aiming for perfection prevents perfection"

There is nothing wrong with wanting to do your best however in the case of public speaking putting yourself under too much pressure can lead to you thinking about what you are going to say next instead of what you are currently saying.

Your mind will get in your way, we are rational beings and its a skill developed over thousands of years! In the case of public speaking this takes you out of the moment. Try a game at home where you point at an object and call it a name other than what it is ie..pointing at a bottle of water and calling it a cat. Notice how you stockpile words or name things in themes (this is you getting in your own way and not being in the moment!)



3) Tell A Story

"Responding in a structured way increases processing fluency by 40%"

A good story has structure, a good story helps you understand what the author is thinking. If your aim is to help the people you are speaking to understand your thoughts, tell a story. Have structure. This technique helped me the most!

PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY > SOLUTION > BENEFIT      or      WHAT > SO WHAT > NOW WHAT

These structure techniques help me formalise what I am about to say and in what order and it also helped people understand a hell of allot better!

This may not be for everyone but once I found out the about it really did have an impact of my confidence to speak in public. Having said that I still get that sick to your stomach feeling before going out but let me tell you that following these principles has really helped me manage the whole process. Id love to hear other peoples techniques below!

Thankyou

Ye I can imagine it switching over to POS as an option but there is also an option to tip when a miner decides to mine a block. I can see this tipping implementation along with transaction fees as being sufficient enough to incentivise miners to secure the network

That is so true. By getting the low hanging fruit off social media you are more likely to be getting information that is rotten which compounds the danger to new investors.