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Re: 🔴🔴Crypto EVENTS Calendar // Our new site🔥🔥
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nina_duschenko
on 01/10/2018, 12:29:12 UTC
Hello!

I want to share my website, where you can find info about upcomming events | BlockchainMuffin.com



Also you can find arbitrage monitoring panel: https://blockchainmuffin.com/arbitrage
(Arbitrage trading technique is trading between stock exchanges, you buy coins on one exchange and sell with profit on another)



Let me know what you think about this site  Wink
How could I add my event http://bit.ly/2QkTF0B?
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Re: How to make a successful project?
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nina_duschenko
on 01/10/2018, 12:27:08 UTC
Better to ask in our forum "How to make a successful Blockchain project?"

Following this, I`ve decided to research most progressive technology country China and organize Free Online Panel Discussion with Blockchain Experts.

Amirsan Roberto Founder & CEO Wiredin

Stephane Laurent CEO at Starlings

Alex Locksyn Senior Blockchain Engineer at 4IRE Labs


We will cover the next questions:

1. Blockchain Startups in China
2. Role of Blockchain Technology
3. Chinese Digital & Blockchain Infrastructure
4. NEO Blockchain: Use cases
5. NEO Ecosystem: Value for business and etc


Find out how to make Successful project business in China, how to use blockchain from the Celestial Empire and how to deal with the local authorities.
Enroll here for free: http://bit.ly/2QkTF0B
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China Blockchain: technology & trends & experience | free webinar
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nina_duschenko
on 12/09/2018, 16:53:33 UTC
The East is tricky. Find out just how much tricky in our new webinar analyzing
China blockchain from business and tech perspectives.



3 experts, 1 hour, 6 questions.
What’s like to make blockchain-related business in China?
What are the benefits? Where may the trap be hidden?
What’s the attitude of the Chinese government and how it influences local businesses?
What is NEO and why it’s known as Chinese Ethereum in certain circuits? These and many other points are to be debated by:

Amirsan Roberto – the entrepreneur running a blockchain-related business inside and outside the Chinese market;

Stephane Laurent
– the expert in the blockchain consulting field having an extensive experience in dealing with the software and companies from China;

Alex Locksyn – the senior blockchain developer, NEO blockchain specialist.

Learn firsthand about the remarkable business opportunities.
Enroll for free:http://bit.ly/2Mq5dgD

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Re: EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY
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nina_duschenko
on 05/09/2018, 11:19:09 UTC
This training courses I have been undergoing and which I recommend pass you will definitely give you the opportunity to monetize your knowledge in  future:

1. https://goo.gl/76UEkU - Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals: A course on the basics of the foundation will be useful if you are just starting to understand the subject.

2. https://goo.gl/9kVx7e - Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperladger Technologies - a course on Linux Foundation work, analyzing the capabilities of Hyperledger and the impact of blockade on global business. Suitable for anyone who is involved in IT, or plans to make their own projects using the blockade technology.

3.https://goo.gl/9tH7xk - Ethereum and Solidity: The Complete Developer's Guide - although the course name sounds for developers, in fact the course is very cool revealing many concepts from Block Echo, gives insight into how smart contracts are written, expands your understanding. many technological moments, which in my opinion should be understood, if you in this niche not only to cut down fast money on the fluctuations of currencies.

Suitable for business owners, IT specialists, those who want to create something valuable in this niche in the near future.

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Re: What methods to use to promote the project?
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nina_duschenko
on 05/09/2018, 11:11:15 UTC
Hello. We want to launch our own project and may be you can advise us good methods to promote it.
What kind of project, could you give me pls some more details?
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Re: What is the cost of building an ICO website:
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nina_duschenko
on 31/08/2018, 12:26:21 UTC
What is the cost of building an ICO website?

 

After working with dozens of ICO’s in the last few months at GuerrillaBuzz
 I can estimate the average website costs for an ICO from

 

5000$-20,000$.



I actually noticed that many ICO’s have a cheap WordPress template website and talk about changing the world with their idea.

As an ICO, the way you look is extremely important. You don’t have anything yet besides an idea.
 

If you want people to get your idea fast, you need to have a great design, smart branding, and a great user experience.
 

Many ICO’s ignore the design, buying a cheap WordPress design and that looks exactly like 9 out of 10 projects out there.
 

When it comes to the way your website looks, take someone professional, put a lot of thought into the message you want to deliver, and how you want the visitors to remember you.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

First decision

With your own custom-made cabinet, you need to spend about half a year and quite a lot of bucks ($100,000, on average) on the development team. But it can give plainly everything that you would like it to.

Second decision

With the majority of existing platforms, you have a limited functionality and lack of marketing tools (more on this below). Instead, you get the solution right here right now spending less money and ensuring a relatively high security level. If you are looking for best mobile app developers to develop e-wallet for your business with all features, 4IRE labs can help you. What the real good price?

Your best bet would fall somewhere in between $10,000 and $50,000 for the base package and about as much for the customization = you get the fully functional base version in under 10 business days. This platform ICOnx, ideally, gives you a full range of tools that you need in order to carefully navigate your USS Crowdfunding and ensure its performance and security. At the same time, an important point of ICO platform is usability. t must be attractive and easy-to-understand for those who you want to cooperate with.

At this step, you can either choose one of the existing platforms or go all the way inventing your own engine. As always, both solutions have their own pros and cons.

Conclusion

With the majority of existing platforms, you have a limited functionality and lack of marketing tools (more on this below). Instead, you get the solution right here right now spending less money and ensuring a relatively high security level.

Discover our ICO platform - http://bit.ly/2C4iJXv
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Re: Why Banks on blockchain?
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nina_duschenko
on 31/08/2018, 12:17:29 UTC
Blockchain technology provides a high level of safety in storing and transmitting data, open and transparent network infrastructure, decentralization and low cost of operations. These impressive characteristics make blockchain a really promising and in-demand solution, even in the extremely conservative and restricted bank industry.

Most credit and financial institutions cannot carry out their work without a number of mediators, while their participation make the services of these institutions much more expensive. The implementation of blockchain will enable unnecessary mediators to be abandoned and provide customers and banks with cheaper services.



Source: https://medium.com/universablockchain/blockchain-is-reshaping-the-banking-sector-fd84f2f9c475
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Re: Blockchain Venture Summit | 21 November 2018 | London, UK
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nina_duschenko
on 31/08/2018, 12:12:47 UTC
I have the planned workshop in London (21 November 2018) and would be pleased to meet up with potential partners and customers.

Currently, we are engaged in solid fintech projects in Europe based on the blockchain sponsored by JP Morgan and VCs based in Scandinavian countries ( using Multichain, Hypeledger, Monux, Quorum on these projects). Due to having the high-level experts (some were engaged even in Quorum blockchain development for JP Morgan), we are often engaged in consulting, workshops for designing the architecture solutions on the complex blockchain projects.

In parallel, we work on an array of our own branded blockchain-based solutions that could be used as the white-label solutions and substantially decrease the dev cost:
-  tokenization platform for enterprises
-  ICO cabinet
-  Cryptowallet solution

4IRE labs (website:http://bit.ly/2C4kJ1P), represented by Kirill Kirikov

Expert in #Ethereum, #iOS, #Python, #Fintech

Recent Projects:
HiveOnline – blockchain trust record platform for SME (wip)
Bokoredo – accounting automation tool with access to online banks (wip)
ORME Smart Contract – tokens are minted, whenever a bitcoin is mined
BitRent Smart Contract Audit

Technologies:
iOS: Objective-C, Swift 2.0-3.3, C
Backend: NodeJS, Java, PHP, Python
Frontend: AS 3.0, Javascript, HTML, HaXe,
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL
Blockchain: Ethereum/Solidity, Hyperledger, Multichain

Summary: 12+ years dev experience, managing team (up to 30 specialists), released more than 100 apps. Worked on software for Chrysler & Ferrari. Teaching courses on iOS and Blockchain.

I'm looking forward to your feedback and suggested time slots for setting up meet up in London, leave us a message to choose the most convenient time and get the most out of the conversation.

Very best,
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Re: China Institutional Investors roadshow
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nina_duschenko
on 31/08/2018, 11:46:43 UTC
It would be great to discuss collaboration!
I'm from 4ire Labs (http://bit.ly/2NFfTd2), Blockchain dev and consulting company with a great reputation in Scandinavian.

Currently, we are engaged in solid fintech projects in Europe based on the blockchain sponsored by JP Morgan and VCs based in Scandinavian countries ( using Multichain, Hypeledger, Monux, Quorum on these projects). Due to having the high-level experts (some were engaged even in Quorum blockchain development for JP Morgan), we are often engaged in consulting, workshops for designing the architecture solutions on the complex blockchain projects.



In parallel, we work on an array of our own branded blockchain-based solutions that could be used as the white-label solutions and substantially decrease the dev cost:
- tokenization platform for enterprises
- ICO cabinet
- Cryptowallet solution

So ping me if it is relevant to talk in details.


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Re: i'd like to start educating others about blockchain: main points?
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nina_duschenko
on 30/08/2018, 14:07:43 UTC
⭐ Merited by byteball (1) ,LeGaulois (1)
what are main areas that are fundamental to learn in order to fully understand blockchain, so that they can do the same with others and become valuable members of crypto community?
The question, “Will I be able to learn Blockchain technology” has been directed towards us thousands of times. This is the biggest dilemma that most of the students, young and experienced professionals face these days. Blog posts and articles from different companies and writers going at length talking about its complexity is not helping the cause either. It is scaring away some potential great Blockchain developers and thought leaders. Yes, it is complex and we do agree. But, are you not equipped enough to giving it a shot? Absolutely no.

The way we look at it, there are four possible paths of learning Blockchain.

Blockchain Generalist- you understand the basic concepts and are capable enough to discuss its use-cases and applications in your ecosystem
Smart Contract Developer- you understand what a Smart Contract is and how to code on it
Blockchain Developer- you understand the concepts of nodes and consensus and can build a bridge between UI and Smart Contracts
Blockchain Expert- you understand how the code of a Blockchain like Bitcoin, Ethereum network works and can code your own Blockchain network defining its rules and protocols
The world has enough opportunities for each of the above four roles. Each four requires a different skill set.

If you do not have a technical background and you do not wish to learn to code, Blockchain Generalist is the role that you should be aiming at. If you are a Supply Chain Manager, or an Equity Trader or a Financial Advisor, Blockchain Generalist is the role for you. It will help you take a decision whether you should utilize the benefits of Blockchain in your current system and processes. You will not have to rely on the opinion of your friends or colleagues. You yourself would be able to tell how Blockchain will improve your supply chain process, how will it secure your financial transactions.


A Smart Contract Developer, we like to think of it as a parallel to a UI developer of the current software development ecosystem. Smart Contract is quite similar to Javascript. Just the way a UI developer need not know much about the server side code, a Smart Contract developer need not know much about the actual mining, nodes, transaction logic, and implementations. If you already are a UI developer or have an appetite for learning UI stack, Smart Contract Developer is the role that you should be aiming at.
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Athens, 2018 Dec. 7-9 THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED GOVERNANCE
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nina_duschenko
on 30/08/2018, 14:04:35 UTC
Utopia is a community or society that possesses no problems - the place with idealized inhabitants enjoying the perfect life. The word ‘utopia’ is commonly referred as to something unachievable, something impossible in the real world chiefly because this our world is inhabited by us, the humans, the creatures that are everything but ideal.



Blockchain can help by fixing this exact flaw - making us better. It sounds bizarre, but that’s exactly what we and quite a number of other people believe in.

Organizing companies and building governments on a blockchain is a way to implement the rules that cannot be broken - the code cannot be bribed, threatened or modified the way this or that authority wants it to be.
Nobody manages it. Nobody can implement changes without asking the rest of the network first. Nobody can take the advantage of the bureaucracy because all the transactions are instant and always legitimate. And there is no space for a mistake - the system just won’t let you fix it.

We’ve got to be better than we’re to deal with such a system. And we will. The governments will improve, the corporations will evolve, the society will make one step forward to enjoying the perfect life. One step closer to ultimately achieving what is used to be unachievable.
That’s one of a variety of points that are to be discussed during the first ever Distributed Governance Conference in Athens, on December 7-9, 2018.

Athens is the place where the democracy, the very concept of the power decentralization was born. Now is the time to reborn. With our help and the help of those thinking the way we do.

4IRE labs invites the prominent speakers, including the representatives from Ethereum and Aragon. We also would be glad to share a drink with our partners, clients and you.

Join us along with hundreds of the most influential blockchain professionals in the world and thousands of the most passionate enthusiasts to have a deep look into the better future and participate in its expediting.



Link on the event: https://dgov.earth/
Our website: http://bit.ly/2NxGIja
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Re: VIII Kyiv Blockchain Forum (Sept. 3rd, 2018)
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nina_duschenko
on 30/08/2018, 12:46:31 UTC
Our CEO Max Semenchuk, will bust some DAO cases
in the course of the international event devoted to Blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency sphere on the Kyiv Blockchain Forum.




Will be glad to see you there, guys!

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Berlin Blockchain Week, September 5-7 2018
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nina_duschenko
on 30/08/2018, 12:37:33 UTC
The vacation season is over and it’s time to start doing some business. Some blockchain business.



Arguably the best way to drive off the annoyingly amiable summertime drowsiness is to visit Berlin. Because you don’t rest in Berlin. You work there. Especially in early September - visiting Germany, you’ve got to act the German way. You’ve got to be brisk and sedulous.

Our team 4IRE labs, represented by Max Semenchuk and Kirill Kirikov, is visiting Berlin Blockchain Week, September 5-7 2018.

Thinking about private blockchain as the next step in your company’s #development process? Not sure whether or not the cryptocurrencies worth dealing with? Get all the answers you need in a face-to-face talk with the leader of the blockchain development company and the senior blockchain developer.

Chat with experienced blockchain professionals - leave us a message to choose the most convenient time and get the most out of the conversation

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Link on the event: https://blockchainweek.berlin/
Our website: http://bit.ly/2NxGIja
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Re: BITCOIN PEOPLE - Do you have a business that accepts Bitcoin?
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nina_duschenko
on 30/08/2018, 12:29:58 UTC
Of course Wink We are Blockchain Development team 4ire Labs: http://bit.ly/2C2VYmW



Blockchain - the word that says it all about us. We develop custom blockchain.
We implement blockchain. We help you estimate the blockchain’s pros and cons.
We help you enter the future, which, we believe, is built on a blockchain.

Focusing on FinTech, we’ve created an array of our own branded white-label products serving the crowdfunding, private blockchains and other applications of this advanced technology. From a smart contract to the entire ICO infrastructure and investor cabinet - we craft the tools optimizing, securing and advancing your business.

We work with:

Ethereum
Quorum
Solidity
Hyperledger Fabric
Multichain
NEO
R3
Exonum
Monax


Relying on a decade of experience and three dozen top-end IT experts,
we find the ways to achieve your goals intelligent way.
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Re: Bitcoin must be regulated!
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nina_duschenko
on 20/08/2018, 10:47:44 UTC
If bicoin could be controlled I should be destroyed. We have regulation and the government gets it's cut. But that's done and over. There will be no identity tied to bitcoin or any declaring of bitcoin.
We are not asking the government for permission, we are telling them that this is how it is.
Here is a briefly story which I have found on medium (https://medium.com/swlh/should-bitcoin-be-regulated-9e1155c1d56e) First created in 2009 by a person with the alias Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin became the pioneer of cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology. Bitcoin is a digital currency in which encryption and cryptography are used to control the value and verify the transactions. While traditional currency goes to central payment processors, such as Visa and MasterCard, Bitcoin transactions are processed by computers running special software. Every time a transaction occurs, the network records both the sender’s and the receiver’s Bitcoin addresses, and the amount of money into the end of a “Ledger” or a record called Blockchain. After nearly a decade since its invention, Blockchain has not yet reached to its full potential. Billions of dollars of investments are made every day, but none of the great potentials come to reality, despite only serving Bitcoin for its payment system and allows illegal payments to occur in the Dark Web. The government has started to underestimate the value of Bitcoin and thinks that regulation is the best way to solve its issue. On the other side, the majority Blockchain developers do not approve the regulatory framework proposed by the government, as they think Blockchain will still reach to something significant in the long run. Many tech investors view the Blockchain in the future as a host for applications, such as crowdfunding and online voting. Although cryptocurrencies have several downsides, strict regulations from the government are not the right solution as they would decrease the market value and prevent the Blockchain from reaching its full potential, such as managing personal identity and improving representative democracy.

The core technology in Bitcoin which is called Blockchain is what makes Bitcoin special as many tech experts claim it to be hacker proof. Back when Bitcoin and computers have were not yet invented, the most popular way for people to keep their secret documents is by keeping them in a vault and making a lot of copies. Thus, when someone else stole the person’s document without breaking into the vault, the victim would still have other copies in different locations. Similar to Blockchain, files or any pieces of information are encrypted so that only a specific person could read or write the file, which are stored in thousands of computers but still linked together with the internet. The computers combine which store all the files are called node-blocks and the network connecting all the files are called chain. The encrypted code will get updated every several hours which makes the entire system almost impossible for a hack
er to break in.
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Re: the benefits of managing bitcoin
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nina_duschenko
on 20/08/2018, 10:44:34 UTC
Here I have found Incredible Benefits of Bitcoins and 4 Opportunities


Lower Fraud Risks for Buyers

Bitcoins make it possible for buyers to complete their payments without divulging any sensitive financial information (like credit or debit card details) to the seller.

Thus, they enjoy a certain degree of financial anonymity that most credit cards fail to offer.

Bitcoins act more like a digital cash that hackers cannot intercept in any possible manner. At the same time, your identity is also concealed for good. This helps a lot in preventing targeted data breaches like the UPS Store breach.

No Risk of Inflation; Individuals Can Preserve Coins
With bitcoins, there’s basically zero risks of inflation.
Inflation usually occurs when the Government issues more money over the year, decreasing the purchasing power of the people, on the whole.

But the bitcoin system was created with the sole purpose of being finite (and that number is speculated to be around 21 million).  Thus, without the possibilities of issuing excess currency, the threat of inflation comes down to almost zero. This point benefits both the seller and the buyer, in general.

Reduced Transaction Fees

Transaction fees for bitcoin payments are significantly lower in comparison to the ones made for credit and debit card purchases.

This feature alone should make it a favorite go-to destination for small business ventures.

Easy to Use in Any Situation
As far as international transportation of bitcoins is concerned, the job is as easy as a piece of cake. All you will need is a simple memory stick* and you are sorted enough for the job.

You can even use the same currency in a different country without going through the pains of contacting the local bank for any purpose of currency conversions. If this doesn’t count as a benefit, what does?

*Note: You use the memory stick for transporting bitcoins in it in the same way you do audio, video, executable programs, and other related data.

Source: https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/12/benefits-of-bitcoins.html
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Re: Bitcoin is independent? or depends on fiat currency
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nina_duschenko
on 20/08/2018, 10:37:51 UTC
Bitcoin was created to provide independence from Government control to the users.  But I think it is not so independent.  

It depends on fiat currency especially the Dollar for it's valuation.  

My question is ; we are measuring it's value in dollars.  So is not it true that Bitcoin is dependent on fiat currency for it's existence?

Please share whatever views you are having.  

Kindly correct me if I am wrong.
I suggest you read this, Tim Swanson wrote the! Why Bitcoin Needs Fiat (And This Won't Change in 2018)



Tim Swanson is the director of research at Post Oak Labs, a U.S.-based technology advisory firm, and the former director of research at distributed ledger technology consortium R3.
Imagine a parallel universe in which the U.S. economy could only grow at $50 every 10 minutes generating a mere $2.6 million of output per annum. That due to a hard-coded economic planning computer program, every four years the income its inhabitants collectively generated divided in half. Such that in year nine, its output shrank and was $12.50 every 10 minutes or $657,000 a year.

That is to say, irrespective of how productive and skilled the labor force became or how large the labor force grew, the productive output in the U.S remained fixed and static with the only change (downward in this case) occurring just once every four years.

How many people would volunteer to live and work in that "Upside Down" world?

This situation effectively mirrors the static, internal economy of bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies.

For instance, with proof-of-work networks like bitcoin, the marginal productivity of labor is zero. It does not matter how many more units of labor are added to the income generation (mining) process as the network will always produce the same amount of economic output.

Today, after nearly nine years of operation, the bitcoin network – better referred to as Bitcoinland – generates 12.5 bitcoins roughly every 10 minutes. Irrespective of external economic conditions, of demand, the Bitcoinland economy will generate about 657,000 bitcoins per year in its third epoch.

While comparisons with aggregate measurements like GDP and money supplies may be an imperfect analogy, the fact that economic expansion as measured in output can – with the exception of a fork and rule change – never change in bitcoin due to its inelastic coin supply is arguably detrimental to its unit of account.

The purposefully planned sameness is often extolled as a "feature not a bug," and many cryptocurrency enthusiasts like to daydream for when regulators and financial institutions of our own world disappear, eaten up by grey goo nanites funded by bitcoins.

But before bitcoiners can reach their Upside Down nirvana state, they need to resolve the underlying omnipresent economic calculation challenge facing their security system and labor force.

The phenomenon is simple to describe: virtually no participant in Bitcoinland conducts economic calculations (such as pricing) for any goods or services in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.  There are many reasons for this, including chronic volatility.


ncreasingly high ($10+) transaction fees that result in hemorrhaging of merchants (even their very own Cobra Commander acknowledges this issue).


Labor force
If Bitcoinland is viewed as its own sovereign (virtual) nation-state, the only wages any native participant receives in return for any kind of service rendered is what miners are paid to solve and "vote" on a benign problem about once every 10 minutes.

From the perspective of the network: developers, maintainers, administrators, enthusiasts, Twitter sock puppets, meme artisans, flame war veterans, self-appointed thought leaders, pumpers, hat wearers, etc., are all viewed as foreign third parties and can only receive bitcoins after they are first minted by the miners.

Much like multinational corporations (MNC) with large overseas operations, miners of cryptocurrency networks as a whole do not measure the income they receive in terms of bitcoins (or other discrete cryptocurrencies), but instead they measure their income in terms of "fiat" from foreign financial markets, specifically converting bitcoins into the local fiat currency where their mining operation physically resides.

However, unlike MNCs that eventually repatriate some or all of their capital back to their headquarters, aside from a recycling of coins into ICOs, most cryptocurrency-focused companies are still dependent on what amounts to foreign domestic income (FDI), regular injections of foreign capital from venture firms in order to grow or even measure enterprise valuations.

Miners do this because the unit of account for fiat currency is typically stable and liquid, such that they can pay wages to their employees, pay rent, electrical costs, property taxes, etc. There are exceptions to stability, such as planned economies of Venezuela and Zimbabwe which have suffered from years of political chaos, but in general, most developed countries and even developing countries have relatively stable domestic currencies relative to Bitcoinland.

And because bitcoin is still not used as a unit of account, its labor force (miners), rely on a third-party reference data in order to conduct all economic calculations.  That is to say, in order for Bob the miner to accurately calculate if he should increase or decrease consumption (and investment) of capital, or to measure whether his mining operation is profitable, Bob projects future revenue based on a unit of account that is stable, in this case, currency from foreign capital markets.

During the Cold War there was a joke in academia: that the Soviet Union would conquer the world with the exception of New Zealand (other versions used Switzerland as the cut-out). New Zealand would be left alone because the Politburo needed a functioning market so that the Soviets could know what the market prices were for goods and services.

While Bitcoinland may be attracting large sums of foreign capital, miners continually still need very liquid over-the-counter (OTC) and spot exchanges denominated in foreign currencies because it is with these foreign currencies that they pay their bills.

In this case, despite their own defects and problems, the U.S., eurozone, Japan, South Korea, China and several other countries effectively stand in for "New Zealand," such that the national currencies and prices in these countries reflect dynamic economic conditions that bitcoin miners can use as reference rates in their capital consumption projections.

Final remarks
In 2018, just as the past nine years, miners will still depend on foreign financial markets for both stable pricing and liquidity. If the existing traditional financial markets became chaotic and unstable, miners would be unable to rationally plan and allocate for future investments.

For instance, the unseen costs of hash generation for a hypothetically stable $20,000 bitcoin would be about $13 billion in capital consumed by miners in their rent-seeking race.

And that is just one proof-of-work coin. If there were dramatic bouts of volatility, or even an extended bear market, this could result in bankruptcies like CoinTerra, HashFast or KnC previously went through, though that is beyond the speculation of this article.

Ironically, despite all the bluster, because cryptocurrency ecosystems lack a circular flow of income, they will still be dependent on the very financial system they vilify for daily support and stability.

And while there have been many "stablecoin" projects announced and launched over the past year, nearly all of them are not only dependent on commercial bank accounts, but also on the economic stability of a specific economic region they aim to serve. Guess what set of entities provides that type of relative stability?

Ideological enthusiasts will likely resort to whataboutisms and respond by bitcoinsplaining: how dirty filthy statists will censor your virtuous darknet market transactions and that maintaining proof-of-work networks is worth any cost to the environment! But again, that is for a snarky article on a different day.

Empirically with proof-of-work-based blockchains, the labor force and the liquidity providers all still depend on functional, mature foreign capital markets in order to convert their coins into real money. Perhaps this will change as more hedging products, courtesy again of foreign financial markets, are brought online.

While the traditional financial markets will continue to exist and grow without having to rely on cryptocurrencies for rationally pricing domestic economic activity, in 2018, as in years prior, Bitcoinland is still fully dependent on the stability of foreign economies providing liquidity and pricing data to the endogenous labor force of bitcoin.


Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-still-needs-fiat-currency-wont-change-2018/
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Re: Do you think all ICO are securities ?
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nina_duschenko
on 20/08/2018, 10:23:44 UTC
Fraud, scum, sleazy founders? Sure...


I have been working in IT company which help to launch ICO and as the staff behind the scenes, I can always tell a scum from a real thing. It's enough to just examine the whitepaper or discuss the project with the client. But, you know, money is money - we don't say no even if we see that the project will end up as a deceit (and, believe us, we're are not alone in our pragmatism). Nor we expose those who don't want to be exposed - some business rules cannot be broken.

Yet, believe or not, accomplishing such projects doesn't feel fine. We're interested in truthful ICOs and honest investees. We honestly believe in a better future of the ICO and we would like to be on the right side when it arrives. Finally, we take care of our reputation. And, as you must have already noticed, we're making ourselves a bit of an ad.

That's where out motivation comes from.


Getting Wrong Things Right

Many, primarily those who've already succeeded in losing money, prefer blaming ICO creators, governments, blockchain - in short everything and everyone except for themselves.

We don't agree. Not a single ICO cap has been achieved with a gun put to the investor's head. Folks voluntarily give money to a random guy on the Internet, whose fault is that?

According to the latest statistics, only about 40% of the cryptocurrency investors bother themselves with merely reading the whitepaper - the alpha and omega of any crowdfunding activity. What it means is that more than a half of those who contribute their money have no idea about who is the one they're dealing with or what it is he's going to attempt.

Look at this. Guys had excellent fun (and also largely inspired this article) while still raising real money. $247,300 according to their own website, more realistic but still impressive $80,520 according to this stat.

The simplicity, openness and lack of regulation in the area indeed fuel the flames, but they are barely the source. The greediness and go-happy-lucky attitude of the "investors" seems like a more realistic answer.

To prove this predictably unpopular point, some examples of how dubious affairs helped not particularly discerning people to lose millions in the past should be introduced.

Read more here: http://bit.ly/2N05CYk
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Re: How to make your project successful?
by
nina_duschenko
on 17/08/2018, 16:35:10 UTC
Here I have found the WOW ICO marketing plan


The ICO era is currently in it’s rising phase, and each day the media talks about the latest news revolving around cryptocurrency. We are waiting for the top ICO from the company Telegram to become the biggest ICO in crypto history, as it will raise over $5 billion dollars.

At the end of 2017,the average number of ICO campaigns closed to three per day. There are a lot of unsuccessful ICOs out there that have failed to reach their soft cap (proven by confessions from some of the teams), so it is not as easy to make one now as it was back in 2017. So we could finally forget about “Garage ICOs” and become more serious about this form of fundraising.

In terms of ICO marketing, the total budget for success is rising and so is the initial cost of investments. You must create a prototype and gain the approval from the communities and advisors if you want to succeed.

The average cost for outsourcing ICO marketing to one of top agencies starts from around $280,000, not including the legal fees that run for about $20,000

In this article we will discuss the costs of starting an ICO this year. We will also include comments from agency experts and ad network owners.

1. ICO Listings
Variant 1 — outsource to agency

The cost: $25,000

What to expect:

At least 10 popular ICO listings
Paid options included
Variant 2 — by yourself
The cost: ~$15,000 (you should include manager’s salary so he or she can send the information)

Top listings cost:

http://www.coinschedule.com/ — 0.02 BTC
https://www.ico-list.com/ — 0.3 BTC
https://tokenmarket.net/ — Free, manually screened, up to 2 weeks
Icoalert.com — Free
https://cointelegraph.com/ico-calendar — start from $10000
ICO Rating Agencies
There are special types of companies that could audit and rate your ICO for investors. You will receive a special report of investment attractiveness of your ICO and could be listed.

https://digrate.com/ — 1 BTC for report
https://icorating.com/ — $20,000 for report
https://icobench.com/ — Starts from 0.4 BTC
Optimum Strategy
The best strategy will be to place your ICO on Coinschedule, get ratings from ICORating, Digrate, or any other rating service (it will help you to summarize leaks in your ICO), and start pushing FREE listings in order to place your ICO. Don’t forget that ICO ratings appear everyday as well as die everyday too. They start their ratings from parsing the top lists, so you could gain additional traffic that way as well.

Brian Kean, Chief Business Development Officer ICORating.com:

More importantly, the project should be well “packed.” All the materials (white paper, one-pager, web-site, etc.) should be composed in the language of the investors so that it will make the project more attractive to them. It is important to note that in 2018, investors into ICO will become more professional and there will be more players from the traditional financial market amongst them.
Secondly, it is extremely important to build personalized relations with the investors: to contact them directly, to pitch them at a crypto event, to organize personal meeting with them. It is important to note that the information about the projects rated by ICORating is mailed to the list of funds,thus significantly raising their chances to be noticed. Generally, well developed relations with investors, and the agreements with them, ensures that at least the soft cap is collected during the ICO.
Yaroslav Lunev, Strategy Head @ Merklion Agency: t.me/yardy

Personally, I like ICObench and ICOdrops. These guys knows what they’re doing, and this is why more and more people trust them, a fact reflected in the traffic numbers. I remember them first starting out, having a good dialog with the audience right from the start.


Source: https://hackernoon.com/what-should-your-ico-marketing-plan-look-like-in-2018-315135fe98514
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Re: Books
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nina_duschenko
on 17/08/2018, 16:29:43 UTC
I suggest you read ebook All you need to know about ICO



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