While there's no shortage of old and new believers to keep the party going, along with plenty of developers working to create better, forked versions of bitcoin, I’m betting my chips on a more flexible alternative.
The door is wide open for blockchains that use smart contracts, like ethereum,[2] bitcoincash, litecoin and more......
2018 Will Be ....... Year’s? [Writer choose ethereum, what will be your choice?and why?]
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I believe that the year 2018 will be a year of acceptance of bitcoin as a means of payment by different stores. So I expect a lot of changes about bitcoin this coming 2018.