Well, blockchain technology does have a massive flaw, one that even plagues Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies -- it currently can't scale:

https://hackernoon.com/blockchains-dont-scale-not-today-at-least-but-there-s-hope-2cb43946551a

The mass market is still very interested in using it, however, and there are plenty of big corporations filing patents for scalability solutions. Some examples include:

https://www.ccn.com/accenture-hardware-patent-seeks-to-enhance-blockchain-security-and-scalability/
https://blocktribune.com/blockchain-scalability-solution-patent-filed-bank-china/
http://fortune.com/2018/06/20/bank-of-america-blockchain-patent-why/

While we're on the subject, blockchain technology is very much still in its infancy, rarely seeing use outside of cryptocurrencies. It's bound to mature with time as people find more and more applications for its potential.

At the first halving on November 28, 2012, BTC/USD traded around $12. By the second, on July 9, 2016, it was $657. The third halving — due in mid-2020 or in 644 days — will see the block reward reduce from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC, while What’s On Crypto suggests ongoing trends could see prices hit a giant $10 million by 2023-quoted by wilma woo.

These predictions are giving us hope about the future of bitcoin but we all know that bitcoin is know for its volatile and unstable characteristics. Do you think that the expert's predictions are possible or do you think that this are just a mere simple prediction.

Saving bitcoin is just like banking but is far to the definition and execution of banking system, there are exchanges that are acting like a bank by giving percentage of our deposited bitcoin, I think its good but additional risk is always there that is why I prefer to used my own wallet as my savings to reduce risk.

People don't need ETFs or Starbucks to do it all for them. Let's say we would need 10 billion to come into the market to reach a certain point, if that happens people will do the rest. They are only waiting for a signal to start buying. A signal that will prove that institutions are really interested, that governments approve BTC. We managed to reach 20k without ETFs, Starbucks, Microsoft annd all the rest, which means we can do it with them much easier and much faster.

Life is just a random series of events. Whatever meaning you ascribe to it is arbitrary. Life isn't fair or unfair, it just is what it is. Things happen, and if you ascribe negative values to this events, you say they are bad events. If you ascribe positive values to them you say they are good events. But life isn't fair or unfair because the things that happen are all completely neutral. The universe doesn't have intent or purpose, so you can't assign meaning to the things that happen. It's only on reflection that you make a judgement about what anything means, but that's always an arbitrary assessment. You may associate being "rich" with positive outcomes, but that's your value, not life's.

Hi there,

Now or soon it will be dead. Scalability is the biggest problem for Ethereum at the moment. PoS or Sharding won't be able to solve the issue. It is just used for ICO's at the moment. But smart contracts and tokenization was the pros of ETH to BTC. There are projects which is going to add these features to BTC. Time of ETH will be gone too soon.

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"At the current difficulty rating, our mining pool estimates that our 94MH/s mining system would earn 0.04385 in time for our next weekly payout. At today’s value, that’s roughly $24 for the week. Our system burns about $10 per week in electricity, so it’s still profitable. But in a market with expensive utilities, such as San Francisco, which can pay up to $0.25 per kWh, you’d be losing money at today’s rate."

Up until the beginning of the year 2018 when the Korean government was threatening tighter regulations on cryptocurrency, banks had been some of the biggest investors in crypto. Most banks, like other institutions, are tapping into the potential that the blockchain technology has to aid them in servicing their customers.
Banking, as with other services or products is 'adapt or die'. Remember Kodak and all the dinosaurs that refused to change with times. Only banks that refuse to adapt can become obsolete. That said, while we embrace blockchain and crypto, it is worth noting that there are people who will NEVER be part of the crypto world, because they won't/or can't. For them, the banks will continue to exist.

Sometimes it's also a culture. You see your father and mother content with the life that you have, and so you become like them. I mean, why would you grind and work hard if everyone around you is comfortable with just sharing a small fish for dinner? It's PERFECTLY fine to the people around you, why wouldn't it be fine with you? I live in a place where everyone is content with their lives. They are all poor but they are all addicted to gambling. The small amount of money that they are getting from a long day of labor work goes all to gambling. Why? It's because it's the life that their parents lived and was passed on to them. Good thing I'm not originally from this place so I have a totally different mindset. I was raised differently.


And what are those skills? Money = Success in this world. No other way. I know that we have different definitions of "success" but you don't see a poor person being called "successful". It really only take you to be exceptionally good at one thing in order to become rich. Become a really good singer, people will come to you, listen to you, and eventually pay to listen to you. All of the other skills becomes secondary like washing the dishes, doing the laundry, etc. Everything that doesn't have a relation with your career becomes secondary at this point. That's why successful people make other people do those things for them. You don't have to have the "other important skills".

No it's not practical.Having a market cap of about 1,5 trillion $ is clearly not realistic,not in the near future anyways.My guess is,after 2018,the bad year that Bitcoin faced the price will from now one rise slowly but surely,building up back the lost trust of investors slowly.

It all depends on the fundamentals. You can see that TA doesn't matter when the fundamentals are rushing in. This recent dump right after the ETF got delayed, even though the price was forming a bull flag on the charts serves as a proof. So whether we will go to ATH this year cannot be read from the charts. It would seem unlikely looking only at TA, because 8 months of bear market don't turn into an ATH right away, but a big news could change it. For instance if we got all ETFs approved and on top of that had a major retailer accept BTC directly 20k would break in a month.

Ripple is the only cryptocurrency supported by Google Ventures. Ripple Labs has created a lot of interest in Blockchain technology with Interledger Protocol (ILP), including from Apple and Google, according to information I've read in the media. ILP can carry this coin for wider use. Interestingly the Ripple system has also been used by Citi, Visa, and Nasdaq. Ripple offers advantages such as Blockchain for faster international payment settlement and has added 75 clients in the banking world.


You aren't wrong if you want to invest in it, because the spread of these coin is growing day by day.


I don't think, so it might still take 1 or 2 more months and this isn't much different from other crypto coins.

That's simply true, those project are like pillar that strengthen ethereum existence because if those project that have their token under ethereum blockchain will always empower ethereum.
also people are still hyped to mine ethereum that means the hash power is still there to run ethereum blockchain finely.

It`s not exactly stupidity.Not all poor people are stupid.It`s the combitation of being lazy+procrastination+lack of education/knowledge+not enough concentration and discipline+finding too many excuses for everything in your life and blaming everyone else for your misery.
Some rich people are kinda stupid,but they work hard,have discipline and stay focused.

First and foremost, don't get my couple of cents as an expert's take. Secondly, never let your emotions run your decisions. It will be a tragic end to your portfolio if your emotions prevail. Avoid it.

The market has been unreliable these past few days. Green candles do not mean recovery. They simply signify growth. Up to what point, we are not sure. What I am a bit positive about is that the prices will not go down deeper anymore. There will be decreases in prices but not that big anymore, after all the red candles that we've seen in the last several months. So, I think it is safe to get back to alts right now. There might be a longer waiting though for your gains.

RIPPLE is supported by BANK, even the ones I know. Banks in my country support RIPPLE. But behind all that counts from Crypto.my personal opinion, if you really have more money, use a small percent of the total money you have only a small percentage of%.

Well about the third industrial revolution there are so many points that make the third revolution linked to first and second like:

1)    I think Third mechanical upheaval as of now began and in the underlying stage, with the development of PCs and programming dialects numerous generation lines in the businesses are robotized with the utilization of process robotization and utilization of apply autonomy. I think square fastens are more important to administrations when contrasted with assembling and will bolster the third upset by like overseeing supply chains or products or material stream, quality administration.

2)    There are truck drivers, cabbies, transport drivers, nourishment conveyance drivers, dispatches... I'm certain there will simply be increasingly self-driving autos later on. Every one of those drivers will be out of a vocation. You can continue endlessly about employments that are being supplanted by innovation. Some call focus employments are notwithstanding being supplanted via mechanized frameworks that are really beginning to get truly great. It's interesting some of the time to see governments scramble to "make employments". That is not going to be the arrangement. It must be an option that is greater than that. I like that a few nations are as of now trying different things with the possibility of an all inclusive pay.

You are right about the advent of technology and its impact on the existing market but one should not forget that banks are the financial institutions set up by the government and follow the rules and regulations the federal bank sets for them which runs the government. SO in my opinion, banks will never perish just because of the arrival of crypto. It has been a decade since Bitcoin is rolling in the market but there are still lots of banks in Time Square NY and in my country.

I definitely agree than automation will play a massive role. Machines and computers are replacing so many jobs. Even if you just consider drivers. What percentage of jobs in any given company are just driving? There are truck drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers, food delivery drivers, couriers... I'm sure there will just be more and more self-driving cars in the future. All those drivers will be out of a job. You can go on and on about jobs that are being replaced by technology. Some call center jobs are even being replaced by automated systems that are actually starting to get pretty good. It's funny sometimes to see governments scramble to "create jobs". That's not going to be the solution. It has to be something bigger than that. I like that some countries are already experimenting with the idea of a universal income.