Hello. Thanks for this thread. I know NEM and will look up MONAcoin. I hope they dont ban it or overregulate it
Cheers
Topic: All eyes on Japan in 2018 - page 8. (Read 1431 times)
A girl told me ince , that in 2018 I must keep on eye on the asian market cause things will go nuts there in the good way. Also I have read that north koreea and Japan are buying more and more bitcoin and cryptos. Is this true ? Can be true ?
we have to know news about japan and what will happen , also what will happen in other countries , the bitcoin get much famous day after day , so we will see more countries accepted it and more ban it.
Bitcoin was really becoming famous in each country, some sees this as an opportunity for their people and some country had pride enough and don't allow this kind of alternative money or this cryptocurrency to boom in their place since they cannot control it , they were so greed and selfish enough for not allowing this.
Wow bct is now a 'publishing' house that's funny.
I think 'posted' would have been more accurate.
Crypto has entered mostly business use, only digital coin I've seen in wide use is in SFL a centralized instant digital coin used only by businesses in a private barter network.
So if you are a member you get to take the coin and spend it with other business members.
The public is closed out.
B2B barter is a huge thing and that coin took over SFL.
I can't find one merchant to take a crypto coin in SFL but I can spend that barter coin all day.
So a mass merchant adoption coin is the key and with amex joining ripple that could easily become the first mass merchant coin.
I think 'posted' would have been more accurate.
Crypto has entered mostly business use, only digital coin I've seen in wide use is in SFL a centralized instant digital coin used only by businesses in a private barter network.
So if you are a member you get to take the coin and spend it with other business members.
The public is closed out.
B2B barter is a huge thing and that coin took over SFL.
I can't find one merchant to take a crypto coin in SFL but I can spend that barter coin all day.
So a mass merchant adoption coin is the key and with amex joining ripple that could easily become the first mass merchant coin.
we have to know news about japan and what will happen , also what will happen in other countries , the bitcoin get much famous day after day , so we will see more countries accepted it and more ban it.
It was true, they want to ban everything that is related at some point with bitcoin and everything that concerns about it.
It will be a bad year for the Japanese holders, of course.
It will be a bad year for the Japanese holders, of course.
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This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
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Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
Japan can be a central place in where bitcoincand cryptocurrency’s future can be determined because the whole world values Japan as a country where advancements has really made them prosper and if they can integrate bitcoin then it would be a big boon.
Of course do altcoins offer cheaper transaction fees, because their networks don't experience any sort of actual usage. None of the altcoins in this market comes even close to how robust and secure Bitcoin's network is, and that premium will cost you, it's that simple. I must however admit that at this point the fees aren't reasonable anymore, but that's something Lightning Network will take care of, so there is no need for merchants to accept whatever altcoin. This ecosystem need to start with seriously utilizing Segwit, which is something that will lower the fees a notch or two, and that's the main point everyone aims at, right? In other words, blame all the services still not having upgraded their operations.
Agreed. BTC fee problem will be solved with LN.
Meanwhile, MONA is structured in a way that can handle a much larger quantity of transactions at a cheap cost.
It was the first coin to implement Segwit and devs are also working on LN.
So it is no surprise to me that Japanese merchants now accept it.
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This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
Overall the cryptocurrencies will succeed, eventhough there is a lot of fud about ICOs beeing scam and so on. People prefer ICO as ICO are a better way to get huge returns, and that way of thinking helps the ICOs do their work.
Bitcoin is here to stay, but with these high fees, for how long it will stay king? I would fear for BTC instead of fearing for the alts.
Bitcoins high fees are a bit pain in the ass specially for the "low amount" holders of this crypto its a burden when your fee is higher than what you actually get. I think the big game changer this 2018 will be those alt coins with extremely low fees and no fees at all.
I will be studying those japanese alt coins that you have mentioned.
Exactly, BTC fees are the issue for Bitcoin broader acceptance at this point.
But transactions fees are very low with NEM and MONA so these coins may be more easily accepted by Japanese merchants throughout 2018.
But transactions fees are very low with NEM and MONA so these coins may be more easily accepted by Japanese merchants throughout 2018.
Of course do altcoins offer cheaper transaction fees, because their networks don't experience any sort of actual usage. None of the altcoins in this market comes even close to how robust and secure Bitcoin's network is, and that premium will cost you, it's that simple. I must however admit that at this point the fees aren't reasonable anymore, but that's something Lightning Network will take care of, so there is no need for merchants to accept whatever altcoin. This ecosystem need to start with seriously utilizing Segwit, which is something that will lower the fees a notch or two, and that's the main point everyone aims at, right? In other words, blame all the services still not having upgraded their operations.
While NEM & MONA are interesting cryptocurrency, i wouldn't invest my money on any cryptocurrency which only focus on specific country.
But, i'm sure once majority users adopt SegWit and use LN, i think Japan crypto community will consider accept BTC beside NEM & MONA.
But, i'm sure once majority users adopt SegWit and use LN, i think Japan crypto community will consider accept BTC beside NEM & MONA.
NEM and MONA are the coins I hold now and yes both coins have great potential in the future.
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This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
Overall the cryptocurrencies will succeed, eventhough there is a lot of fud about ICOs beeing scam and so on. People prefer ICO as ICO are a better way to get huge returns, and that way of thinking helps the ICOs do their work.
Bitcoin is here to stay, but with these high fees, for how long it will stay king? I would fear for BTC instead of fearing for the alts.
Besides Japan, let's see what's gonna happen to the world.
I would imagine the more unstable the world is, more people will seek to safe heaven for their money. This could be an opportunity for bitcoin.
I would imagine if the US declares war to North Korea, bitcoin will skyrocket.
I would imagine the more unstable the world is, more people will seek to safe heaven for their money. This could be an opportunity for bitcoin.
I would imagine if the US declares war to North Korea, bitcoin will skyrocket.
Very interesting post!
And as HasHe mentioned above, the fees concern is still not solved. Countries can be as friendly as ever towards Bitcoin but if it costs too much to make a transaction, only criminal organizations will keep being interested to hold some for high amounts payments.
Exactly, BTC fees are the issue for Bitcoin broader acceptance at this point.
But transactions fees are very low with NEM and MONA so these coins may be more easily accepted by Japanese merchants throughout 2018.
Interesting lines, thanks for sharing your thought!
Bitcoin has clearly an issues with transaction fees, so I agree there will be some competitor that will gain from the situation...
Just need to find out which one! I know about NEM and have invested a little in it, no less about MONA, I will study
Bitcoin has clearly an issues with transaction fees, so I agree there will be some competitor that will gain from the situation...
Just need to find out which one! I know about NEM and have invested a little in it, no less about MONA, I will study
Unfortunately it does not look like Europe is following the same approach towards Bitcoin and cryptos in general. In short they want to get rid of the anonymity of transactions, and I wonder if people will keep getting into cryptos if you have to declare every year on your tax return your assets in crypto-currencies.
If we look at the bright side, Europe is not really big in the crypto world.
And as HasHe mentioned above, the fees concern is still not solved. Countries can be as friendly as ever towards Bitcoin but if it costs too much to make a transaction, only criminal organizations will keep being interested to hold some for high amounts payments.
If we look at the bright side, Europe is not really big in the crypto world.
And as HasHe mentioned above, the fees concern is still not solved. Countries can be as friendly as ever towards Bitcoin but if it costs too much to make a transaction, only criminal organizations will keep being interested to hold some for high amounts payments.
Bitcoin is facing a big issue of high transaction fee which has stopped its adoption as a payment method mostly.Even Steam has dropped its bitcoin acceptance.Every one now admires how japan still manages to use bitcoin as a payment option with such a huge transaction fee and late confirmation.
If japan decides to drop bitcoin being used as a currency,then it would have a very big negative impact on bitcoin all over the world.It is said that usage of local currencies like NEM and MONA has increased in japan and we should see whether the local people completely shift towards them or transactions or they continue to use bitcoins despite its high transaction fee.
If japan decides to drop bitcoin being used as a currency,then it would have a very big negative impact on bitcoin all over the world.It is said that usage of local currencies like NEM and MONA has increased in japan and we should see whether the local people completely shift towards them or transactions or they continue to use bitcoins despite its high transaction fee.
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This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
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Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
Long but full of information! Thanks buddy. As what we are expecting in Japan, Japan will innovate more the usage of cryptocurrency. Japan altcoin has the potential to move forward. Nem and MONA are different in bitcoin or ethereum. They will solve the current problem about transaction fees and slow speed of transaction.This paper presents the situation of the cryptocurrency market at the end of 2017 and the challenges that the crypto community still faces. Thanks to its crypto friendly legal framework, Japan should be the country to watch in 2018. The currently high transaction fees of Bitcoin offers an opportunity for Japanese crypto assets to become the preferred payment method on the island and maybe in the world.
***************************************************************************************************************
Looking back, 2017 was a fantastic year for the crypto world. Investors enjoyed 20 fold returns on Bitcoin (BTC), 100 for Ether (ETH), 60 for Litecoin (LTC) and so on. It was hard to lose money in dollar terms.
This exceptional performance is the consequence of years of hard work from developers, exchanges, lobbyists, authors, etc. to make Bitcoin and the likes more known and accessible to the world.
The crypto market is becoming mainstream: institutional and retail investors are now together in this new asset class. The more, the merrier one could say.
Indeed, the influx of new joiners came at a benefit: the skyrocketing rise in value of crypto assets.
But it came at a cost too: Congested blockchains, rising transaction costs, crashing exchanges, etc.
While cryptocurrencies made a name for themselves this year, a lot must be done so that they leave their nascent state and become mature payment methods.
The time is now to scale.
On December 13, Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum, challenged his followers on Twitter:
• “So total cryptocoin market cap just hit $0.5T today. But have we *earned* it?”
• “How many unbanked people have we banked?”
• “How much actual usage of micropayment channels is there actually in reality?”
Without a real use case in the daily life of people, 99% of cryptocurrencies and tokens will be remembered as a funny investment that turned out to be a mirage.
Bitcoin is here to stay.
It has the first mover advantage, the biggest network, fair incentives and its scarcity makes it the true digital gold. It’s the benchmark of all crypto assets. For these reasons, Bitcoin will survive and at least act as a store of value.
However, Bitcoin was also designed to be a medium of exchange but it is now too slow and too expensive to use. Being the first mover also has its flaws. Bitcoin blocks are 1 Megabyte big and occur every 10 minutes. That is not enough to cope with the thousands of new transactions happening every minute. Bitcoin miners include the transactions with the highest fees attached in the blocks.
This is how Bitcoin is no longer viable as a medium of exchange for small transactions.
It may be temporary though.
The introduction of the Lightning Networks (LN) solution to the Bitcoin network will make Bitcoin great again.
But when will that happen?
Will the community tear itself apart as it did when the Segregated Witness (Segwit) solution was launched this summer? Nobody knows. There may well be another 12 to 18 months of developments and hiccups along the way.
So what will happen in the meantime?
Now that millions of people have become aware of cryptocurrencies and that the Bitcoin blockchain is in limbo, there is an immense opportunity for an altcoin to become the preferred coin for transactions.
Let’s remember that the value of a coin mostly depends on the size of its network. The more people use it, the higher its value.
Also, the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin vs credit cards is still low worldwide. A successful altcoin could in no time take over Bitcoin as the preferred coin by merchants.
Therefore, this is no surprise that the Bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters are so vocal in the media. BCH offers lower transaction costs thanks to its 8 Megabytes block size. It could thus fill the gap.
Litecoin (LTC) is another contender. It’s a clone of Bitcoin with larger and more frequent blocks. It has Segwit too.
In the end, the users will decide which coin they endorse.
But the legal framework plays an important role here.
In most countries, the legal status of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is still unclear. Why would merchants accept cryptocurrencies that are uneasy to apprehend and that the government can ban overnight?
Japan gave cryptocurrencies legal tender status in April. This is a massive step for a rapid adoption by Japanese people and merchants.
Which coins are they likely to endorse for payments?
BCH? LTC? Probably not. These coins are known in Japan but probably lack the support of the local crypto communities.
And Japan has its own altcoins: NEM and MONA. They are very different in design.
NEM is similar to Ether as it enables the creation of NEM powered blockchains and smart contracts. There are 9 billion tokens that were premined. Transactions are validated by nodes, based on a Proof of Importance method.
MONA is a fork of LTC with more frequent blocks. It is popular with gamers and is even accepted by IT stores. Coins are mined by the traditional Proof of Work method.
Both coins enjoy strong local support and can be purchased directly against Fiat on the Japanese exchanges.
This is why Japanese altcoins shall be monitored closely in 2018.
Their adoption by local merchants shall be facilitated thanks to the clear legal framework for cryptocurrencies in Japan and the work of their communities.
Should they become widely adopted in Japan, the network effect could make them very popular in other parts of the world.
Calangaman
Published on Bitcointalk on 27 Dec 2017
I think 2018 will be the great age of cryptocurrency and because Japan will enter the cryptocurrency, many countries will now pull out to join crypto world. I hope this will be a great start to us and somehow, all crypto enthusiast will become successful.
2018 will be the opening year of cryptocurrency, Japan will lead to the innovation and more efficiently altcoin.
I'm fully betting on NEM to go giant status next year with pending releases and growing partnerships and blockchain usage.
It will be an interesting year also with regards if the marketcap can be sustained or that we will enter a bear market, though I think that is very unlikely for a while.
It will be an interesting year also with regards if the marketcap can be sustained or that we will enter a bear market, though I think that is very unlikely for a while.
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