An awesome Christmas gift would be the ability to get my miners back online
Since mining stopped the price went up. Maybe only Pos?
In regards to the Hardfork / POS, we will obviously have to wait and see what the Dev Team Rolls out; but the Hardfork was planned; and MAGI already implemented a POS-II Proof of Stake Specification in its generation model. So I would think POS would be included at the very least, perhaps there's a surprise in store, only time will tell.
In regards to Bittrex increasing its confirmation requirements for MAGI deposits, I think it may be a combination of the fact that they are clearly overloaded at the moment and going through growing pains as they've seen a huge influx of new traders start using their services. They've since tightened down a bit in terms of withdraw restrictions, verification on accounts, minimum order requirements - all of this plus MAGI not being the only coin to see an increase in required confirmations before balances appear tell me they are simply "putting the breaks on" a bit, to slow down support requests, number of trades, etc. Also factor in the fact it's the Holidays. I don't think the increase in confirmations is a red flag, simply a reflection of the overall marketwide shift we are seeing with Bittrex as they upgrade their servers and software and start allowing new enrollments.
I'm personally bullish on MAGI, but most who know me I have an affinity for CPU based / ASIC resistant coins. MAGI has a lot of potential. - It's a well aged coin, launched August 2014. (The Average/Median Coin Age on Bittrex from Coin Launch to Date is Jan/2016). Putting MAGI deep into the "well established" side of the spectrum of coins listed on Bittrex.
- It's current price point is around 0.00004000; which is typically the sweet spot when coins start to take off. (The top 30 Coins on Bittrex for Top % 24 Gains usually have a median price point of 0.00008000) putting aside high priced or single/double digit Satoshi coins.
- The Dev Team is Active, and the community knew POW was coming to an end after it's long and successful POW run. We're in the middle of the holidays so I think we'll just have to wait and see, as any rebase of the coin's code / daemon will have to be timed properly because all of the exchanges will have to implement the new software on their servers (And Bittrex is a clear signal that exchanges are swamped right now).
-Looking back on the last few months of this huge rise in crypto prices, the long established coins are now appearing to be clear winners alongside the newer super hyped coins- they hold up. Doge is a great example which I recommended on Reddit a few weeks ago saying it was a solid buy between it's then current 30 Satoshi Price and Under... Now it's 70.
- Certainly no crystal ball here... but MAGI seems to me to be in a prime position to be a coin that could see a multifold (2x, 4x, 10x, 20x) price increase over time; depending on what the Dev rolls out and where BTC's price to fiat goes from here. Simply saying it's high on my short list of contenders.
Looking forward to seeing what is to come.
Merry Christmas All!
Strato