Of course not. Bitcoin is not even that popular to cause that much energy consumption. Besides, there is a natural tlimit to how much energy we can produce, and if bitcoin takes too much of it, then the number of transactions will go down, because such a process could not be sustained.

Keeping both sounds more logical, to divide the risk but if I have to choose one, I would choose Bitcoin. Everybody talks/writes about the future of Bitcoin, that it will be 20-25,000 USD this year but there are few who try to predict about ETH.

English is not my mother language. I know English and German. Tried to learn Japanese, but couldn't learn the alphabets. I would love to learn a new language - for example Spanish, but learning a new language needs a lot of time and effort.

Since there are only 27 days to the end of first Quarter in 2018 and the price is still around 11-12,000 USD, I find 20,000 USD prediction not so realistic. It is more likely to happen in the first half of 2018, but in crypto world no one knows what will happen.

I also suggest you the KwH Project, not only because I have joined their signature campaigns but because there are doing great till now and they have a huge potential. If you make a small research, think you will agree with me.

The most important piece of advice to be given to everyone without exception is that you never panic buy or panic sell. I have never seen anyone who sold in panic and didn't regret it afterwards. When the price drops, you hold your ground and don't do anything in panic.

Most of them do lack value. But this is to be expected, since crypto is still a fairly new market. As time passes and the market becomes more saturated, the worthless coins will be weeded out and we will be left with the coins that have actual value.

I also believe that Bitcoin will keep increasing, but $1 Million seems very exaggerated. Hope he is right, since I keep investing not only money but also time in Bitcoin. If we need to step by step, I would say $ 25,000 till the end 2018.

Real smart on the companies' part to start accepting bitcoin when the price is low. Pretty much everyone feels like the price will start surging sometime within this year, so once the companies' accumulate bitcoin at a low price point like this, they will have a lot of fun when the price starts to increase later on in the year.

Unless firmer crypto regulations are in place, we are going to see news like this. And I'm actually all for it, if further regulations are going to ensure a more transparent way for companies to approach cryptocurrencies, then this cannot be a bad thing because it will improve the image of cryptocurrencies in the long run.

Russia's stance on cryptocurrencies has been very contradictory so far. The ministers that make public announcements say completely opposite things one day after the other, so in my opinion even statements coming from official figures within the Russian government should be taken with a grain of salt. We have to wait some more until the Russian government makes up its mind once and for all.

I will marry in September, so I can't make a comment right now but I read a lot of the posts. Can't say the percentage of befores or afters. The only thing I can say is that whether people like marriage or not depends on their marriage and their experience. Hope I will be writing good stuff here after I get married.

Wow, I am impressed that people success quitting Facebook or some other social media. I personally tried a lot but always returned using it after a while. And now when I look back, since 2007, for 11 years, almost every single day I was logged in to see what my friends from elementary school ate today or they went. I think it's not only a waste of time but also waste of energy.

In my opinion, Bitcoin won't die as long as people are earning from it. Even if it dies there are many altcoins which will survive. I think probably be Ethereum, Ripple, Lite mainly and also many other...

I think it's a good idea. Of course it will not be enough to get a higher rank but it will help for sure. But I think the bounty programs/managers will than want more from the members of campaigns. for example higher number of posts...

Well, regulators can't control it because the regulations are outdated and/or non-existent. It's like when you play Civilization, if you can't keep up with your opponent's research and technology, you're going to find yourself fighting their tanks with swordsmen and archers. Modern regulations are going to help regulators in a huge way in this respect.

You really don't need to like them... We're all in this for the money after all, and it's undeniable that Ripple will reach new heights within this year, especially seeing how much the price is affected by partnership news and whatnot. So no need to like the concept; just hodl until you make profits and cash out.

I think major companies will not launch their own coins until they have analyzed everything very thoroughly, and the market needs to become more stable as well. Talking about a company like Amazon, whose core competences have nothing to do with crypto, why should they take any risk right now in such a volatile crypto market, trying to come up with their own crypto-based solutions?

I think we still have some time until we see such developments.

Reaching $20K again so fast would not be good for bitcoin in my opinion. Let it be like last year, when bitcoin flew under the radar until September or so. Sudden price increases would bring in a lot of capital real fast, which in turn would expose bitcoin's scalability issues once again, and cause another crash. So the current trend is good for us.

Don't go all in, invest an amount which you are ready to lose. And when the chips are down, you don't sell but hodl. People say "I lost money because I sold in panic". Well you don't sell when you are panicking, you just sit still. It is still the best piece of advice, if you can learn it and accept it.