Clearly you need to speak with the exchange - amongst other things - if they have the priv key for the wallet they will be able to get the BTC sent to that.

It varies wildly, many of them are fascinated when they hear about it - many think its a crazy concept. IT will take years for everyone to get on board with thte same concept.

this would be a big chamge for zuck. i wait with baited breath

i think the etf would be good for the market. it would add a sense of legitimacy to the whole thing.

Any government is free to tax crypto in exactly the same way as they tax any other currency or asset. They will probably claim that tax evasion ios riffe with crypto but most countries have self reported taxes in the majority of cases and its up to each individual to stay ion the right side of this.

The government in Venezuela are as corrupt and incompetent as they get. The fact that they are involved in crypto is not a good thing in total for the crypto community, they are a laughing stock and giving the entire ecosystem a bad reputation.

You could learn to code, bring coders onto your team or pay them as contractors. Even for case 2 and 3 learning a little would help a lot.

If it was for this account it seems to be resolved now. 

As the mantra goes "If it bleeds, it leads!"

Media is biased towards sensational stories. I am not sure they care one way or another about BTC - bit its probably easier for them to find some talking heads who are ready to bash BTC.

For anyone who has been around for a few years you might remember that the internet was also "never going to usurp traditional media. It too had capacity constraints and growing pains and was "always in danger of collapsing".

Never say never. I dont know how this will play out or if BTC will hit 200K but I am not betting against it.

I have tried them and didnt like them. I have since given up smoking but the e-cigarette wanst for me, I would too worry that in years to come people will come to know that they too have health problems from these.

Are there new features being released in 1.3? In what version are VM's etc going to be made available?

Probably worth posting in Economy -> Marketplace - > Serv ices as well. There is somone over there aggregating many open posts

Its a complicated answer, but in short No.

Its a bit like saying will something more useful than gold be discovered. BTC will remain the gold standard, there are however places for some other cryptos that do specialist things well - and when they do, BTC can optionally implement those features, but it doenst have to be all things to all people.

Unfortunately in this space "Buyer Beware" needs to be highlighted continuously. There are some interesting projects and it is not a fair assumption to say that ALL projects are scams - but it is true that many of them are. This means, as a buyer you need to be extremely cautious.

Central banks will not want to concede control to independent crypto if for no other reason than they lose the ability to control the money supply. Right now if a central bank thinks the economy is too hot - they will restrict supply, and increase supply when they think the economy is slow. Thats not easily possible in crypto.

Good timing for the signature campaign, hopefully it brings attention in time for VMs
I like the new signature and I hope the campaign brings lots of attention to Semux

Breeze Blocks, or Bricks and mortar .

I am sure that BTC is still very much undervalued at these current prices. My predictions 6 / 8 months ago were that BTC would reach $10 in 2017 and $20K in 2018. I am very confident in the direction, I think the market probably got ahead of itself just a little both on the way up, and then in selling off in the past few days. I think $20K is no problem in the next few months on a sustainable basis, and then the next leg up will be even more breathtaking.

HODL on tight my friend, this is going to be a bumpy flight, but we will get there in the end.

There are a couple of things I would do in this situation, firstly, I would remind your friend that a "Ponzi Scheme" was actually carried out with fiat currency, not crypto currency. Secondly - some people are just ignorant, if they are not going to get it, its OK. the same people probably have those pulse dial telephones at home and cant figure out why nobody calls them anymore. There are plenty of open minded people in the world, sometimes you have to let a few of the naysayers go.