I confirm this is a scam guys. I was a translator too. I thought it was a good project but here the truth. This guys are scammer. Just look on this thread, the BM was active and respond really fast and since the accusation started we don't see him again. He never answered and when I tried to talked about it on Telegram I got a ban.
Stay away from them and keep your money.

I don't which one is the  best ICO of 2018 and it is too early to say it
 but you should take a look at Myriads.IO project.
It is about decentralized machine learning network. Myriads network offers an opportunity to earn MRDS tokens from useful calculations. Any GPU can make machine learning computations.
Myriads network generate tasks for miners and provide predictions.
Number of MRDS token in existence strictly limited by algorithm.
The ICO didn't start yet so it is not too late to join
If you want more details, you can check their website : https://myriads.io

I have the exact same picks as you but not in the same order.
1. Ethereum 2. Ripple 3.Bitcoin 4. Neo 5. Litecoin

I think 2018 is the year of Ethereum.  I think it is the best investment actually. Such a good coin with a lot of potential.

L'ICO de Myriads.IO débute dans seulement 18 jours ! 🕛
Leur projet a déjà trouvé un nombre conséquent de contributeurs
qui permettra d'atteindre sans problème le hard cap.
Ne ratez pas ça ! Plus de détails sur l'ICO : https://myriads.io/ico/

They should invest into bitcoin because bitcoin and blockchain technology are the future. Why wouldn't you invest in something that will is still at the beginning and will rise in few years ?
Also you have to diversify your investments. You can put some money in bank accounts if you want, in some stocks, gold etc... and in bitcoin/cryptos.
And more specifically in cryptos because there is a bigger potential and you can make better profits.

You are absolutly right. I personaly invest at the beginning because of the idea and technology around bitcoin. It can change a lot of things and I'm sure it will. I don't know when but I'm waiting, confident
A lot of people are just talking about bitcoin since december when the price went up and tv talked about it. They are asking you how to buy etc without understand a thing, they just want money they don't care about the rest. But I think these people will vanish as fast as they appear.

Easy.
Hardware wallets like Ledger Nano S or Trezor. For me it is the best option to secure your bitcoin. It is really easy to use and to setup. Just don't share your privatif key and keep your 24 seed-words secret. Never trust anyone.
After that, if you don't do "mistakes", (share private key etc) destop wallets are fine too.
I never experimented problems with wallets but remember, it is your money, nobody is here to keep it for you. Choose wisely and the most secure way to keep it safe.

Comme dit ci-dessus, le projet avance bien et est très bien noté.
Si vous voulez plus de détails voici le lien vers leur whitepapier:
 https://myriads.io/Myriads.IO.WhitePaper.pdf

Bonjour,

Voici le lien vers la roadmap du projet Myriads.
https://myriads.io/#roadmap
Myriads souhaite ouvrir sa plateforme aux premiers utilisateurs en Juillet 2018.

Le projet Myriads a déjà reçu des financements supérieurs à 1,100,000$
par des fonds de capital-risque et banque chinoise.
Le nombre de tokens est strictement limité par l'algorithme.
Le réseau Myriads permet d'obtenir des tokens via des calculs utiles.
Tous les GPUs peuvent réaliser ces calculs d'apprentissage automatique.
Le réseau envoient des millions de tâches aux mineurs ainsi que les prévisions.

Si vous êtes intéressé ou voulez en savoir plus,  allez sur le site https://myriads.io.

If you want to transfer BTC without fees, there is not a lot of solutions. The one I use is to buy BTC on Coinbase. After that, transfer your BTC from Coinbase to their exchange Gdax then send your BTC from Gdax to your hardware wallet(Nano Ledger S for example). Like that you have no transactions fees.
I heard about Bitstamp too which allow to transfer to your hardware wallet without fees but I'm not sure about that.

If you just begin in trading, I suggest you to trade with only a small amount. Put the majority of your crypto in a secure wallet and practice tradi g with rest. Like that, you can train, learn about training without the risk to lose all your investments. With time, you will become more confortable and you could trade with higher amount.
There are plenty of trusted exchanges. I suggest you Binance and Bitstamp which I use without any problem but there are many others.
For the rest, it is up to you. Just don't put all your money in one basket.

I would have answer  pretty much the same thing as you. You can't tell a people what to do when it is about invesments. If they listen to you and earn money, ok, it is all fine but if they lose money, most of time, they will say it is your fault, they shouldn't listen to you and blablabla.
If I was in their position, just to save money I would pick gold. Less risk, no need technical knowledge and you can sleep well .
If they can risk to lose some money, just buy both. On one side, you have something stable but with less profits, in the other side something less stable but you can earn really good profits. Don't put all your money in one basket.

Nowadays it would be pretty much like that yes. Bitcoin is the king of crypto actually. Even if some altcoins grew a lot and have a really different purpose ( ETH for example), almost every coins follows the exchange rate of bitcoin.
But I think in the future, it could change.
But no worries mate, now it is not the time when such a thing will happen. Cryptocurrencies have a bright future.

3 mains reasons for that imo.
Bitcoin is the star of crypto, it is the beginning of everything but nowadays, you can't really use it. Sending bitcoin to buy altcoins in an exchange for example cost you too much, fees are really high.
Eth wallets allow you to receive Erc20 tokens. The majority of ICOs rewards you by giving you Erc20 tokens that's why you need to have an Eth wallet. If you don't have one, you can't participate to bounties.
And the last, bitcoin worths a lot. (10700$)  whereas Ethereum worths 844$. I think people prefers buying cheaper coins hoping it will rise. Like that, you have more chance to make huge profits.(x2,x3...)

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What come to my mind when I think about Japan is :
Anime
Samurai and temples
Technology

Yep, I agree with you but I am not a big fan of Ripple.