People have been complaining since day 1, nothing new here. It is true that some people deserve zero merits, but it doesn't feel like there are enough merits for the posts that do deserve them. A lot of worthy posts go unmerited, and if you have to find a merit distribution thread to get it, then that is a problem in my humble opinion.

Worth it if they pay out, but I fear they may not. Try going straight the source and getting funds directly from the ICO, they will offer you referral bonuses all day.

Good for you, sadly I have not earned anything yet. I keep getting scammed, which sucks . On my last straw now, I may mail it in soon.

Yeah don't invest in a shitcoin. And before you say what is a shitcoin, I would likely reply with anything that isn't in the top 25 already with the exception of 1% of the projects. Good luck finding the 1% we are all in your boat.

Sad that ICOs are caving like this, but what choice do they have with big brother government hanging over their shoulders watching every step. But for me god no, that would be an abysmal thing to do and I simply refuse.

The answer is simple, buying in would pay you immensely more. But buying in also carries an immense more amount of risk. Therefore you get more reward the more you risk, and it is only fair investing pays more than bounties.

Lol what? No they won't. Bounty will bring you profit because you invest nothing, therefore one cent is profit. When you invest you have to make more than you put in, and there is 0% guarantee that your investment in an ICO will pan out.

It has definitely enhanced how my society functions in terms of efficiency but at the same time I believe we have lost a lot of quality human interaction. I notice as I never have conversations with people who are cashing me out, but when I began buying things on my own 10 years ago, things were vastly different.

Who the hell is we? It is the countries that regulate crypto and decide if YOU get it. I just found out today that Germany legalized Bitcoin as legal tender, if that isn't a good start I don't know what is.https://trademarketsnews.com/germany-recognized-bitcoin-legal-tender/

Not only have a backup phone that is offline purely for those services you listed, but you should have a printed copy of your secret keys somewhere as well. That way if you miracously lose two phones or devices, you will have a hard copy waiting for you at the bank vault.

I can't disagree with the idea that if Satoshi was known Bitcoin would be alive because I too believe a big power would have came and shut it down. Because of this I try my best to only support and use anonymous exchanges but moving forward that may be impossible (centralized exchanges though), but we may have an alternative yet (DEX's).

While I feel it is likely somebody is pulling the strings behind a curtain so to speak, it is impossible to prove such. Because of that we could theorize all day about what is happening, but realistically there are more than just one factor at play here. The media, the participants, and everything in between plays a role in how the market shifts, I doubt there is a "cartel" out there moving the needle (although if there was, I would love to hear more).

Cringe worthy but sadly these people exist. I don't think they understand the full ramifications of what is at play here, and sadly use the logic "I have nothing to hide".

Pretty much this, when you have people in desperate situations in ravaged countries, hardly a captcha will stop any of them. Also I feel like my dealing with captcha's is at an ATH, and if we went any higher I would have to whip out the "its too damn high" meme .

Depends on your rank, but anywhere from 2 figures to 4 figures a month I believe is the range. Would be surprised if some people made 5 figures, but those most be some keen legendary if that.

Well depends on your view, but it is good in the sense we can find the best projects through sheer willingness to see every project to fruition. But it is bad in the sense the saturation of the market will dilute the value of each currency, naturally. As in general in life it usually isn't one way or the other but a little bit of good and bad here.

We can't, we are screwed. I can feel the AI takeover that is going to happen already in about twenty years from now. We will remain ignorant, until it is too late  .

The biggest exchanges will have the most liquidity which>the smallest spreads on the books>least price movement. Find the big boys, you got your smallest price movement action.

Of the two I still feel like they are more reliable however, I feel very secure trading on both platforms. I haven't done as much lately, but that is because I transitioned from being a swing trader into long term trader.

The reason bureaucracy moves slowly because people have no incentive to move fast. Once people have a reason to believe they may get fired or may not have the same level of comfort in their job, they get moving. That is why a lot of innovation happens after recessions when people have no comfort or pillow to fall back on.

It squarely hinges on whether or not new money keeps entirely the market. If we get squished down to say 100B in marketcap then only the blue chip cryptos will survive, but if we sprout up to 1 trillion plus then a lot of crappy cryptos can survive so long as a few investors think they are worthy. That is the beauty of a free market, you won't know until it is happening.