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Those early Bitcoin blasts were US-driven, yet Bitcoin has turned out to be more worldwide since 2013. What's more, information proposes that the huge blast we've seen over the previous month has been driven by surging interest in Asia.The most sensational outline of this is the way that the estimation of Bitcoin achieved a high of 5 million won in South Korea on May 25, the likeness about $4,500 and far higher than the US cost of around $2,700 at the time. The cost of Bitcoin in Japanese yen was been about $300 higher, by and large, than the cost in US dollars at the time.This sort of huge spread between monetary standards doesn't occur in develop money markets. Dealers should profit by the arbitrage opportunity — purchasing in one market and offering in the other until the point that the value hole leaves.

Another imperative factor to consider when talking Bitcoin is a that it is decentralized cash. There is no Bitcoin building like there is a central bank building. Bitcoin does not have representatives or directions by the administration. It is a blockchain gadget controlled and kept up, and in addition valuated by the general population. It is accessible to anybody whenever and can be sent to anybody whenever.

Those early Bitcoin blasts were US-driven, yet Bitcoin has turned out to be more worldwide since 2013. What's more, information proposes that the huge blast we've seen over the previous month has been driven by surging interest in Asia.The most sensational outline of this is the way that the estimation of Bitcoin achieved a high of 5 million won in South Korea on May 25, the likeness about $4,500 and far higher than the US cost of around $2,700 at the time. The cost of Bitcoin in Japanese yen was been about $300 higher, by and large, than the cost in US dollars at the time.This sort of huge spread between monetary standards doesn't occur in develop money markets. Dealers should profit by the arbitrage opportunity — purchasing in one market and offering in the other until the point that the value hole leaves.

There's far to go before Bitcoin turns into an internationally acknowledged type of cash, virtual or not, with a few areas having by and large restricted the utilization of Bitcoin, however the quantity of nations are decreasing, with the more extensive issue being simply the absence of direction on Bitcoin combined with worries over innovation confinements.
Innovative improvement over the short to medium-term will unquestionably impact the estimation of the business sectors and, as a worldwide administrative scene creates, we would expect the use and request to expand, driving the esteem, the sorts of profits that are not clear with money, still as of now looking after its 'Money is King' status.

In fact it was confusing to most who had heard about it. I think a killer app is needed to make it simple and, as you mentioned, cheaper. Otherwise it only works well for larger purchases that the unbanked are less likely to make.  I did not bother with explaining all this to the San bushmen. They are choosing to live a very simple life without electricity.

Franky I wish I could give you a glowing report on how bitcoin is on everyones mind. In fact it was confusing to most who had heard about it. I think a killer app is needed to make it simple and, as you mentioned, cheaper. Otherwise it only works well for larger purchases that the unbanked are less likely to make.  I did not bother with explaining all this to the San bushmen. They are choosing to live a very simple life without electricity. In the cities and towns there was some interest by businesses, but not a lot. I still think it will happen eventually. It is just too powerful an idea to avoid forever. Much like the internet itself.

You can of course combine steganography and cryptography. That way, you're protected from both online and offline attacks. If a burglar can't even see your keys, he won't search for them (or ask you about them at gun point).

You can of course combine steganography and cryptography. That way, you're protected from both online and offline attacks. If a burglar can't even see your keys, he won't search for them (or ask you about them at gun point).

We can safely say the developer's job is astonishing. They really working hard toward the developments of the project. This is what the most of cryptocurrencies team's should look like.

We can safely say the developer's job is astonishing. They really working hard toward the developments of the project. This is what the most of cryptocurrencies team's should look like.

Generate a very long time and use it to create the bitcoin address you remember. Start eliminating all outside forces on your computer, you can end up also making it much harder for your computer to generate the random numbers used for private keys.

If generating keys using an airgapped live-cd-booted computer (with any software, not just vanitygen), you want to make sure that your system's randomness pool has enough entropy before you start using it. When you start eliminating all outside forces on your computer, you can end up also making it much harder for your computer to generate the random numbers used for private keys. I would guess that for most systems just bashing on the keyboard and moving the mouse a bit before you start generating is sufficient, but I wouldn't take my word for that.

Hello everyone....

Bitcoin has survived relatively well in trading this week, despite negative news about regulatory repression.
For analysts who have a long-term view, the price is in line with their theses which enhances oversight will shake up "bad performers" and make the market healthy enough for institutions to invest.
"In the long run this is bullish," Brian Kelly, a CNBC contributor and head of BKCM, said in a note to clients. "If the DoJ and the CFTC feel as if they have 'cleared' the market, then it paves the way for the US. Bitcoin ETF is physically supported, and it brings in institutional investors. "
Bitcoin briefly hit a six-week low of $ 7,272 on Thursday after Bloomberg reported the US Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into whether traders were manipulating the price of the cryptocurrency. The report, citing sources, said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission assists in the investigation.
However, bitcoin immediately recovered its losses for the day and traded near $ 7,570 in the afternoon, down just 8 percent since Friday. The CFTC, which oversees bitcoin futures, declined to comment, as the Department of Justice did.
"I have not seen any evidence of price manipulation in the bitcoin market, but it certainly supports increased supervision, because it can only help to instill further confidence in the crypto market," said Joe DiPasquale, founder, and CEO of BitBull Capital, crypto fund who invested in other crypto funds
Other negative news could hit bitcoin prices harder this week, but it is not.
On Monday, the North American Securities Administrators Association announced that the "Cryptosweep Operation" action against fraud-related cryptocurrency has caused nearly 70 questions and nationwide investigations since the beginning of this month. Thirty-five enforcement actions are pending or completed.
"These actions indicate that 'adult supervision' comes to the crypto and adds that control to gradually increase the structural integrity and legitimacy for cryptocurrency investors," said Fundstrat Tom Lee. Lee maintains a mid-year price target of $ 20,000 in bitcoin and a $ 25,000 year-end estimate.
It may take longer for the cryptocurrency market to recover from the regulatory uncertainty that has contributed to a decline of more than 50 percent bitcoin earlier this year.
Lee has predicted bitcoin will get a boost last week from the Consensus and other cryptocurrency conferences during New York City's "Blockchain Week".
But the rules persist. On Friday to the week of the conference, bitcoin fell to its lowest level since April 20, a three-week low, after prosecutors raided the biggest cryptocurrency currency exchange in South Korea.
"The crypto market is still in its infancy - we are in a relative stone age - and very sensitive to news and manipulation," said Matthew Roszak, founder of the blockchain company, Bloq, and chairman of the Digital Chamber of Commerce.

"As markets mature with better infrastructure (stocks, futures, etc.) along with increased participation from institutional investors globally," he said, "the market is going through these tough times."

Crypto Mass Adoption. Reliable Legacy System / Fiat to Crypto Service Needed. Why Not an ICO to Fix This?

There have been MANY problems trying to integrate / pair crypto transactions with the traditional (legacy/fiat) banking system, and there will be more to come.

bank on that also.
Banks will use their power to block alternative currencies when they can.

Banks tied to governments and their bailouts and payoffs and lobbying do not want the competition nor freedom which we were actually all born with.

Banksters gonna bank, right?

It costs a lot of money for someone or a company to obtain a banking / monetary transmitting type licence, but why not run an ICO for this, that's what is happening for every crypto project going pretty much as we know.

It would be less difficultto raise the money using this type of method.

Why doesn't someone set up a crypto/alternative currency bank, with the goal of moving these transactions and opening a new world of banking choices in crypto, since that is a logical next step along with DEX's (Decentralized Exchanges)

There has to be a reason someone hasn't tried this yet, unless I am missing something.

Possibly because it's difficult to get a banking licence, as we said, banks and all related agencies/policy never want to make liberty easy and extort rights and money from us daily.
The Australian government has granted one in the last decade. But there must be a place where you could start. . . .

I think it has nothing to do with the success of an ICO. I see a lot of ICOs with no KYC which became successful, there are also ICOs with KYC that became successful too. The success of an ICO solely depends on the team effort, which both includes the marketing and the development of the project.

A private key is an integral aspect of bitcoin and altcoins, and its security make up helps to protect a user from theft and unauthorized access to funds.

As u know, there many sites that provide you cloud mining, but I think investing in that sites has some risks. so u can mine with other methods that discussed in the forum.

As u know, there many sites that provide you cloud mining, but I think investing in that sites has some risks. so you can mine with other methods that discussed in the forum.

There is, and always will be a lot of scam coins, u just need to do your part and investigate everything u can, and do your job so u can invest in good projects not scams

There is, and always will be a lot of scam coins, you just need to do your part and investigate everything you can, and do your job so you can invest in good projects not scams

I think that the crypto market will really recover again because all the coins r depending to this system and I think that because of the people that really demanding to many different coins and due to this it can be help  also market to push it to fully recovery.

I think that the crypto market will really recover again because all the coins are depending to this system and i think that because of the people that really demanding to many different coins and due to this it can be help  also market to push it to fully recovery.

The goal of most investors generally is to buy low and sell high. This can result in two quite different approaches to equity investing.

One approach is described as "trading." Trading involves following the short-term price fluctuations of different stocks closely and then trying to buy low and sell high. Traders usually decide ahead of time the percentage increase they're looking for before you sell (or decrease before they buy).

While trading has tremendous potential...

The goal of most investors generally is to buy low and sell high. This can result in two quite different approaches to equity investing.

One approach is described as "trading." Trading involves following the short-term price fluctuations of different stocks closely and then trying to buy low and sell high. Traders usually decide ahead of time the percentage increase they're looking for before you sell (or decrease before they buy).

While trading has tremendous potential...

are you now? another possibility is that you copied an address from the wallet of a different "coin" on your Nano S, like Bitcoin Cash. Have you checked the "Bitcoin Cash" wallet on your Nano S to see if the address you copied is there?

Another possibility is that you copied an address from the wallet of a different "coin" on your Nano S, like Bitcoin Cash. Have you checked the "Bitcoin Cash" wallet on your Nano S to see if the address you copied is there? (Check the "sign message" tool, and start typing the address in the text box, see if it shows up)

Brazil’s First Crypto-Finance Master’s Degree Launches In São Paolo.
Major Brazilian university Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo is offering the country’s first Master’s degree in crypto-finance, Finance Magnates reported April 12.
The program offers specialized education for the crypto industry. Ricardo Rochman, the program’s coordinator, explained:
“It is a market with a profound lack of people with expertise. Cryptofinance has economic and financial fundamentals that are worth discussing, researching, and [being] taught.”
The FGV Master’s aligns with a wider movement in the Brazilian higher education system to embrace digital currencies and Blockchain as part of their study programs. Neighboring University of São Paolo incorporated cryptocurrency studies into the Derivatives unit of its Faculty of Economics and Administration last year. Professor Alan de Genaro, who initiated the move, explained:
“Some issues have to be presented even though the [student] does not go to work in the finance market. People have to understand which factors are beneficial and which are not suitable [regarding cryptocurrencies].”

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Some groups on facebook has this scammers and they post on groups like make money double or make bitcoin without investment instantly just by giving blockchain email id so when any fb innocent user reply to them and send them his blockchain email id scammer do create dummy or duplicate account from same email id dont know how they do it and they says deposit some btc to that dummy or dulicate account which password we can change but here is the twist when ever any user deposit any btc in there blockchain new account which was created by this scammer they got there blockchain account hacked and all btc will be stolen. scammer do hack there blockchain account via secret codes provided by blockchain service which me guess how they stole btc ...
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HybridBlock, a Singaporean currency trading (cryptocurrency) and education platform officially launched the latest roadmap update of the project. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, HybridBlock creates an ecosystem of cryptocurrency buying and trading solutions to empower its traders worldwide with a focus on Asia, both beginners and expert level.

Limited training on purchasing and trading of HybridBlock cryptocurrency has been underway at Sheraton Grand Hong Kong on April 9, 2018. The successful pre-sales stage has just concluded for HybridBlock, which generated over USD40,000,000 already collected and ranked significantly higher than the independent third-party ICO review platform.

HybridBlock itself is the trade of cryptocurrency and the world's most innovative educational platform. This is an alternative for those who want to benefit from the explosive growth of cryptocurrencies without the high risk and complexity that accompany the trading of digital assets.

Here is an idea how Bitcoin could be improved:

In the current implementation, scarcity is created by setting up arbitrary computational problems whose sole purpose is to create scarcity. The computational problems are artificially created by the system, much like a fiat currency. There is no natural demand to solve those problems.

This is macroeconomically suboptimal because a lot of CPU power is being "wasted" instead of being put to good use (opportunity cost). It would be bad for the environment too, if BC were ever to become a world currency.

Why not use those CPU cycles to perform computations with real value? This could be done via some sort of grid computing infrastructure such as BOINC, except that it would be a marketplace instead of a volunteer grid.

For example:
A drug company wishing to model the structure of some protein could use Bitcoins to buy "computing credits". The computing credits can then be used to secure the right to define the data and algorithm of each computational chunk.  The CPUs of the BC users solve these chunks and send the results back to the drug company. As before, the BC user gets newly generated Bitcoins in return for computing each chunk. In addition, the user receives the Bitcoins paid by the drug company.

This would have the benefit of backing BC with something more tangible than just the collective faith in the project. It would also generate lots of extra demand for BC.

On March 7, 2018, blockchain startup Agora oversaw the results of Sierra Leone’s presidential election, marking the first use of the technology in this capacity.

For voters, the process wasn’t any different than previous elections. They arrived at their polling center, showed election officials their IDs, and then cast their votes on a paper ballot for one of 16 candidates.

What happened next was unlike any other election, though. As Agora’s chief operating officer Jaron Lukasiewicz explained to Coindesk, the Swiss startup then manually recorded the votes on a permissioned blockchain.

Permissioned blockchains aren’t quite the same as public blockchains, like those supporting the cryptocurrencies bitcoin. While anyone can validate transactions on a public blockchain, only authorized persons can validate transactions on a permissioned blockchain.
In the case of the Sierra Leone election, the authorized parties included people from Agora, the Red Cross, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the University of Freiburg.

However, like a public blockchain, anyone can view transactions recorded on a permissioned blockchain. That means that once the groups managing the blockchain verified the Sierra Leone votes, anyone — voters, candidates, or just interested third parties — could see the election results.

According to Agora, the company even produced their results two hours sooner than election officials.

Sierra Leone has a history of violence surrounding elections, with several incidents reported in the days prior to 2018’s presidential election. The nation’s government is also more corrupt than most, so the small West African country served as an appropriate testing ground for a technology designed to increase fairness in the election process.
A country like Sierra Leone can ultimately minimize a lot of the fall-out of a highly contentious election by using software like this,” Lukasiewicz told Coindesk.

Agora’s use of blockchain for the Sierra Leone election isn’t the company’s ultimate vision for the technology. Eventually, the startup hopes to eliminate the use of paper ballots altogether, allowing voters to cast their votes via personal electronic devices. This will cut down on election costs, increase voter accessibility, and eliminate a potential avenue for corruption.

Still, Agora’s work in Sierra Leone marked an important milestone on the path to a more transparent and fair democracy built on blockchain technology.

Disclosure: Several members of the Futurism team, including the editors of this piece, are personal investors in a number of cryptocurrency markets. Their personal investment perspectives have no impact on editorial content.

If you are storing crypto assets in wallets I recommend number of things you should do to protect your wallet. Keep these five tips in mind to keep your digital asset secure.

1. Use two Factor Authentication

Find a wallet who offers a two-factor authentication(2FA). If someone had access to your login details, they would also need your phone to get the 2FA code. The best 2FA options, in order of most to least secure, are as follows:

• Hardware dongle
• An app on your phone that doesn't sync your secret anywhere (e.g. Google authenticator)
• An app on your phone that does sync (e.g. Authy)
• Email based
• SMS based

2. Don't use public Wi-Fi

The vulnerability that comes with public Wi-Fi is that they make easy for hackers to access computers that are connected to that network. There are three specific ways in which public Wi-Fi is risky:

• Man-in-the-middle attacks
• Malware
• Wi-Fi Sniffing

To avoid this issue, don't have your Wi-Fi turned on, allowing it to search and connect public Wi-Fi connections. Have it turned off and carry with you an internet dongle for private connection instead or you can also use your own hotspot from your cell phone.

3. Beware when you download (Even on your phone)

Be cautious when downloading files, not only in email. Remember that there are clever people out there in crypto. You'll notice files posted in communities, on Telegram, Facebook, Reddit, Bitcoin Talk, etc. As tempting at it is to click them, be aware that they could be bait. Always use caution. You can even use Kaspersky's File Desk to quickly check links and files.

4. Use only encrypted email

Whether you have a free online email or own your own server, you're vulnerable to malicious email access. I would suggest ProtonMail, it is an encrypted email service that takes a different approach to email security. The encryption means that no one but you can read your emails, not even ProtonMail themselves.

Note: I do not work with nor endorse ProtonMail, Its just my experience that I recommend this Mail service.

5. Keep private keys offline

If you have wallets on your computer, always store your private keys offline either on an external hard drive or as a hard copy. If someone gains access via malware or public Wi-Fi, this allows you to limit what they can find or take, which buys you time to realize that your device is compromised before anything important is stolen. Also make a extra copy of your external hard drive because it can be damaged or stop working.

If I had a business and had to give a public address to get payments I guess it would be cool to have a vanity address so people can pay there, but then this address would need to split those payments into different addresses to make it more anonymous. I wonder if this can be done.

If I had a business and had to give a public address to get payments I guess it would be cool to have a vanity address so people can pay there, but then this address would need to split those payments into different addresses to make it more anonymous.

If I had a business and had to give a public address to get payments I guess it would be cool to have a vanity address so people can pay there, but then this address would need to split those payments into different addresses to make it more anonymous. I wonder if this can be done.

In early December, the Venezuelan President announced the creation of a national cryptocurrency. At the end of the month, Nicolas Maduro provided the coin with oil and in addition promised to strengthen its position with diamonds and gold. Following Venezuela's technology, on the basis of which the cryptocurrency works, Sierra Leone became interested. On March 15, the country held the first round of elections, the votes of which were counted with the help of blockchain.The development of the vote counting system was engaged in CEO of Agora startup Leonard Gammar. According to him, in the future the company intends to extend the product to other African countries, and then to the rest of the world.The company notes that the blockchain is the only technology that can make elections transparent and honest.

built according to certain rules, a continuous chain of blocks (connected list) containing information. Most often, copies of block chains are stored on many different computers independently of each other.Transaction block is a special structure for recording a group of transactions in the Bitcoin system and similar ones. A transaction is considered complete and reliable ("confirmed") when its format and signatures are checked, and when the transaction itself is grouped with several others and recorded in a special structure — a block. The contents of blocks can be checked because each block contains information about the previous block. All blocks are built in one chain, which contains information about all operations ever performed in the database. The very first block in the chain-the primary block-is considered as a separate case, since it does not have a parent block

The downside break of the bear flag, a bearish continuation pattern, indicates the minor corrective rally from the low of $7,402 has ended and BTC could drop to $7,000 (target as per the measured height method).
The 50-hour, 100-hour and 200-hour moving averages (MAs) are biased to the bears. Meanwhile, the relative strength index (RSI) has dropped close to the oversold region (30.00), but is holding well above the lows seen yesterday, indicating there is enough room for a drop to $7,000.
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