Let's hope!

I think synereo is planning on switching from omni to ethereum. I'm not sure if they could switch to rchain or not..but if it were possible to switch to rchain would this solve the underlying problem?
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It will happen some day, but this will not fix Dor.    Synereo should get rid of him, but is there some governance system to allow that? I do not know.

He will probably leave the ship before it sinks. After that the project may be saved
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@francuss, it sounds like you're just trying to pump Rchain at the expense of Synereo. Why would Synereo switch to Rchain instead of ETH? ETH is proven...Rchain has nothing.

Another article on the move to Ethereum blockchain: https://www.banklesstimes.com/2018/01/23/synereo-migrates-ethereum-blockchain-amid-growth-spurt/

Here's the links to some articles I found:

https://www.banklesstimes.com/2018/01/23/synereo-migrates-ethereum-blockchain-amid-growth-spurt/
http://blocktribune.com/blockchain-startup-synereo-migrates-ethereum/
https://bitsonline.com/synereo-ethereum-blockchain-bitcoin/

From Synereo's Medium blog: https://medium.com/synereo/there-is-a-solution-for-youtubes-demonetized-videos-40c4db2a196b

Or will they feed off of Bitcoin's carcass and take off?

There are so many ridiculous courses out there. There should definitely be classes about Bitcoin. It's THE investment of the year.

I'm very curious, why do you care more about the market cap than the individual coin price? As an investor in individual coins, why do you care about the overall market cap?

Here's the cool article on it from Investing.com:

https://www.investing.com/analysis/forget-bitcoin-dash-is-on-a-record-setting-wave-of-its-own-200268959

"Bit coin hit 25000 USD" is a very misleading title.

It doesn't matter if you're a newbie, if you think it will go up then it's worth it. I think it will go higher (not sure how much although some say 10,000 by year's end).

I read an article - I don;t remember where - that said BTH was China's invention to take advantage of its mining capabilities at the expense of BTC, and helped make BTC much slower. Whether that's true or not, BTC does need to find a way to get more efficient.

I was talking with a friend yesterday and he kept saying how he can't wrap his head around Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) since you always need to transform it into a real currency, like dollars, for it to be of any use, and has nothing really backing it like dollars do. Also if you pay with Bitcoin, the volatility means you could be paying much more than you intended. Paying a bill in dollars, inflation might change the $ value a year from now by a percent or two, but with Bitcoin, it changes way more. Honestly, I see where he's coming from.

Does anyone else struggle with understanding these issues?

I just found this article, that sheds light on the issue and explains how a Bitcoin might be more of a "store of value" than as the currency of a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

https://www.investing.com/analysis/bitcoins-identity-crisis-is-it-digital-gold-or-cash-200267022

Source: Investing.com

I heard people talking at the watercooler at work about bitcoin reaching 10,000 before Thanksgiving. Thank that's possible?

There's no erasing a bitcoin transaction.

I was late to the party...bought recently, when the Segwit fork failed and Bitcoin dipped below 6k. Haven't sold yet.

In any investment you need to know when to get in and out. It's easier in long term investing b/c you shouldn't care about every single little pip as much, but in short term trading, you really should get knowledgeable about how to read technical charts and how to understand investor psychology. This applies to any asset, including cryptos.

Will Bitcoin make any changes to keep the original better and competitive?

I want to see what will happen once futures trading on the CME begins...I hope for a big jump, and if it happens i'll take it as a sign that more regulation and acceptance can be good for Bitcoin. I don't have any plans to sell till then.

Maybe it's the investment of the year, but that's about it. As for inventions in the past 100 years, how about, computers, credit cards, internet, jet planes, the list goes on...