I wonder why Bitmain does not have 7nm out now.

It depends. If the exchange behaves properly and secure user funds, then it will be allowed to operate.

I think the Bitcoin is more traceable than the cash. It is a good tool against crime.

You can use your CPU to mine the Monero if it has AES_NI.

The BTC price is about $4020 now. I think it is better to wait for a few more days before buying.

That is right. Genoil is good for solo mining.

If the ETF coin is not approved, the price might drop below $1000.

It is good that it did not continue like that and the price is still below $1000. I expect it to be $1000 in first quarter.

It depends on the new money flowing into digital coins. If the amount is limited, when the bitcoin move to $2000, the Ethereum will be $2.

I heard it will only be activated when 95% of the miners agree. So it might never be activated in the future.

"The company closed its fourth-round of funding in June, attracting US$60 million from many of their existing investors. The round takes their cumulative total to US$136 million, which has allowed Circle to focus on expanding their services, a process first announced in April, before moving onto other continents.

Circle announced an integration with Apple’s iMessage app in September, allowing anyone using a device running iOS 10 to send and receive personal payments in fiat currencies and bitcoin, all from inside one of the world’s most popular chat applications. While looking forward to today’s European launch, the company said that users would be able to “cash out using almost any bank in the US, UK and, soon, Europe.”

Circle Logo“We're excited to add European cards and the Euro to the growing list of supported card currencies and countries, a list that already includes VISA and Mastercard debit cards from both the US and UK.”

- Circle

The Circle Pay app offers a rare solution for bitcoin purchase and withdrawal, provided full access is available. While anyone could previously sign up for a Circle bitcoin wallet account, only US and British residents could link their credit and debit cards. The only fiat currency choices were US dollars and British pounds. The recent expansion now gives users the ability to hold Euros, and offers some the ability to purchase with debit or credit card.

Sixteen countries in Europe now have access to the suite of Circle services, and can link a credit and debit card directly to a Circle wallet, including Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.



Residents in ten other European countries can deposit Euros through bank transfer only, including Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the rest of the United Kingdom.

The service introduces a new way to move money between the US and Europe at extremely low rates. Sending an international wire or bank transfer will prompt banks to add extra fees, in the range of 3-4%, on top of the market rate that they charge when converting the currency.

Traditional remittance networks like Western Union are a little better, while the newer digital remittance options like Xoom and Transferwise are even more competitive, typically charging 1-2% above the market rate. Using Circle Pay to send across countries and currencies can be ten times cheaper still, with exchange rates typically around 0.2% to 0.3% above market rate.

“We're not interested in building yet another walled garden or closed network, we want to enable people to get the benefits of the bitcoin network (near-instant settlement, nearly free transactions, highly secure, global and open) without having to think in a new currency or hold the currency themselves."

- Jeremy Allaire, Circle CEO

While the Boston-based company has had its share of complaints from bitcoin users, most of them point to the focus on serving the mainstream market with fiat currencies. The Circle Pay app defaults to showing a balance in local fiat currency instead of a bitcoin balance.



Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire said on an internet AMA forum that he and his company are big advocates for the use of the bitcoin network as a kind of behind the scenes value transfer protocol for the internet, “We just don't think that mainstream users interested in 'digital money' want a new currency.”

The company also has some stiff competition in Europe. Coinbase has been offering a similar service since August, while many smaller European-based bitcoin services provide similar services, including Cashila, BTCDirect, CoinCorner, and Paymium.

You can buy or sell Bitcoin with Paymium, for example, which also offers market trading with a smartphone app, but you can’t use a credit or debit card. Cashila, which is integrated into the popular Mycelium bitcoin wallet, works in a similar way, but offers bill payments and other money management options as well.

On the other end of the spectrum, Coincorner and BTCDirect both allow several types of payments, including credit and debit cards, but have limited services.

Bitcoin focused exchanges also provide a myriad of options. The leading exchange by Euro volume is Kraken, and the exchange is well established. The exchange doesn’t sell bitcoins instantly, offer bill payments, nor even offer a way to send money like an email. However, it does handle a euro trades, and it’s only one of many that do so. Bitstamp, BtcX, itBit, BTC-e, and at least 28 other exchanges all allow euro trading in the region."

Which of the coins are not garbage flawed?

Not necessary. The US dollar does not have to devalue for the bitcoin price to rise. The bitcoin price will rise much faster than inflation.

I think the price of the Etheruem (both ETH and ETC) are consolidation. They will rise a lot in the next few months.

I will not convert my bitcoin into fiat when the price is high. I will just use the bitcoin direclty. That will increase the price again.

If the bitcoin price rise to $1 million each, I will be very rich. I will retire and enjoy the life of not working tirelessly.

Maybe the cost associated with setting up the bitcoin payment is high at the moment, as not many people use the bitcoin.

There is no need to worry about that. If the longest chain is 75% of the total hashing, miners will will converge.

Yes. I think they should use the Dash or Monero. Maybe the hackers are good at hacking but do not know about the digital coins.