Ethereum has been going down sharply over the past few days and i believe it will be in double digit in a few days time. There has been some unusual activities in the market for some time, who knows some big players may be manipulating it.

Assumptions of some experts that before the end of this year bitcoin will cost 20000-25000 $ is quite real, also the price of ethereum is expected above 2000 $. If the price will be  higher, then I will be just happy!

But isn't it they are no longer under control of Russia? They are totally independent of each other and it Russia says no to bitcoin or crypto's, it doesn't mean that other states should follow as well. Putin will not legalize crypto in my opinion. But to put pressure on Lukashenko? I don't know how far on Lukashenko will give in such request.

He has his own roadmap for Belarus, and I think he made his decisions already to legalized and regulate it in their country. If he gives in to Putin request then it doesn't look good for his image as President of his country. For now lets consider this another win for the crypto market if he signs this into a law.

Hi there!

Is a rig made of 6xrx470 mining ETH still profitable?

i would like to know real opinions from members that own the same GPUS.

Thanks guys!

Bitcoin is outperforming major assets but hedge funds are still staying away from the cryptocurrency

• Bitcoin's price has rallied as much as 180 percent this year but hedge funds are still nervous about investing.
• One hedge fund veteran told CNBC that the industry doesn't "know enough about it".
• But there has been rising interest from investors in other bitcoin products on the market.

http://www.c[Suspicious link removed]m/2017/05/30/bitcoin-price-hedge-funds-not-investing.html

Also, I also do not have what investment strategy, I was optimistic about bitcoin, has been good, of course, not because of its price now, but it is not only the value of the future price growth, may replace the traditional currency.

yes 220v line is better than 110v for mining

here is a simple formula

power = current x volts

1000watts = 4.5454 amps x 220 volts

1000watts = 9.0909 amps x 110 volts

higher voltage is the secret ingredient to transfer electricity to hundreds of miles from the power plant by using hundreds of thousand volts, higher voltage is higher efficiency by having more watts for the wire.

regarding using server psu, i think it is better to use server psu because it is designed to work 24/7, typically they are rated in "platinum" and second hand server psu tends to be a lot cheaper. the only problem i see with second hand server psu's is if you get a unit that has been used for a very long period of time, no matter how great their build, they aren't designed to last forever plus they don't have warranty from the manufacturer anymore. (some server PSU's are very noisy btw )

using typical PC PSU has an advantage too because typically they are bought brand new, and good PSU's can have 5 year, 7 year and i think there are some with 10 year warranty..the only disadvantage is the price.

Good for you for diversifying your investment, that minimize the risk and you can last in the investment world. Smart investors do that and I believe you are on your way to success, whatever investment you choose as long as you make a study of it you will be fine.

Lol, I am relatively new to the all mining thing, so you mean, once I flashed the cards, I can just install one of the new drivers and exit the test mode now?
Or once I have complete flashing them (which I have) can I just exit the test mode anyway, using bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF, or can something wrong happen if I exit the test mode now that I have flashed the cards?

I am currently using crimson 16.7.3 minimal package because they appeared to be very stable.

What do you suggest? Thanks very much man

Those  kind of people  do exist on this world  which they  usually refuse  directly to a thing without even  knowing  it. If they heared about scam things  about bitcoin they would directly turned back from it. You are  right  we cannot please  everyone  about  on  engaging on bitcoin.

I agree those people hates bitcoins because they really don't know how to use bitcoins properly and they are not getting benefits into it. But I don't agree with the people who doesn't have interest with bitcoins, since they are not interested at all and why they are going to hate bitcoins? For what reason do they need to do that.

I agree with your words, and add one more that if you already have such a negative impression of a bitcoin, then why bother to engage or deal with cryptocurrency. If you have the patience and the results will be.

I kinda doubt it. I don't see ETC going anywhere. There is not much of a vision, apart from "not like THAT!" and most of the guys that have been working on ETH seem to keep working on ETH, not ETC (…right? to be honest, I didn't research that statement. Would be glad to have someone chime in on that matter).

The ETC guys are right in some regards, including, that ETH is not truly decentralized. But in the end, nothing really is. Even before the DAO hack, The DAO had a big flaw: you can't make a decision that needs experts without involving these experts. As soon as you listen to what they say, your vote may be technically your own, but it is based on the expertise of others, thus making it less autonomous.

The same is true for the Hardfork decision. It was made by experts, who influenced the outcome.

I don't think that's bad. When I'm sick, I go to the doctor, not let a bunch of random people suggest a treatment.

As long as the people working on ETH keep working on ETH and not ETC, I don't see ETC overtaking anything.

But crypto is the place for miracles (or whatever you wanna call it), so pretty much everything can happen.

I would buy ETC but I can't honestly be bothered to do it. My BTC is too precious to be spent in some altcoin gamble. ETC is cheaper and has higher chances to pump. ETH is the one fork that is suffering the most with desperate holders going nuts about it.

everything from peak to dump happened last month. i was expecting the price to plummet directly after the halving, but it didn't. but then again, as you also mentioned, it's not a bad thing to have somewhat of a stable price. we'll probably stay at $630-$660 for some weeks before seeing the price start moving into a certain direction again. patience is what we need.

in my opinion there wont be that big of a hype to be honest, even though i dont say that the price will not be pushed that much, i think there wont be people hyping too much about it

i think the price will be something like 800-900 dollars during the halving because certainly more people will be buying than selling and the price will grow a little bit

the day of block halving in mid July bitcoin price is going to be around $600+-$20 because price has already been rising and it is slow rise and by the time of halving because of the hype this rise may become a little faster but still will be a rise so with current price the target is above 600

If the price rise to a higher amount there will be a small chance to do this with 100 bitcoins but from right now its not possible.
I also consider this as not possible but you of course never know what will happen with the bitcoin right ?

Actually, if you have 100 bitcoins you will be hundred-bitcoinnaire by 2020. Being a dollar millionaire won't make any sense because the dollar will be long gone by then.

LISK has the similar concept to Etheruem. But it is programed with another language. So it might take off.