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Nine Bitcoin alternatives for future currency investments ...

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Would I be better of investing in stocks or online currencies ? What are the pros and cons?

Currently right now I have around 15k cad invested through my bank in s&p500 stocks and reinvesting the dividends along with a couple hundred every paycheck. I was just wondering since its going to be 40+ years before I touch this money, should I consider a different option before I continue? Just thinking about the future and how things will change. Should I consider an online currency like bitcoin instead classic stocks? I know were probably going into a recession soon so how do stocks vs online currencies hold up? Obviously I wont sell anything if the market does crash but im just considering options here to whats safest. Im very new to investing and Ive only been doing it for just a year now and im 23 y/o. Please let me know your opinions on this.
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Bitcoin are digital and online currencies, they are like the dollars, pounds, euros.But, online and valued than these physical currencies. Bitcoin in question is a type of cryptography currency and the most valuable. 1BTC today is valued much in dollar it has a very high appreciation rate and its co

Bitcoin are digital and online currencies, they are like the dollars, pounds, euros.But, online and valued than these physical currencies. Bitcoin in question is a type of cryptography currency and the most valuable. 1BTC today is valued much in dollar it has a very high appreciation rate and its co submitted by ryan_joes to u/ryan_joes [link] [comments]

Bitcoin on Rai (Italy's largest television network)

This is a documentary on Rai (Italy's national public broadcasting company, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance) covering money and art. It is airing through Wednesday. Coverage starts at 48:00
Below is a non-professional translation from a non-bitcoiner. It would be great to have someone familiar with Bitcoin translate it. I'm offering a free art piece to whomever does this.
"An anticipation of what could happen with digital currencies, is Cryptoart, a painting movement born here in the U.S., who wants to transform art works into bank accounts, a kind of digital piggy-bank, theft-proof."
"(Interview): In the future will be probably possible to live in a purely digital world, where also art works will be, and they may be kept in some immaterial memory, but this trend can engage a completely precarious world; art is precarious, too. To be honest, it's a change today quite unlikely, because... What is an artwork? It's something durable, something immortal." "Cryptoart is the perfect combination of all the most recent innovations: of technology, of money and of art. For now, the most important gallery for this new phenomenon is in Texas. But the interest of the artistic and financial world is growing.
Online currencies like bitcoin allow to make online shopping, and access to parallel markets, being complete anonymous, not always legally." (Here I cut something boring about bitcoins) Sic from translator! "Thanks to a digital code, placed on the painting, that interacts with smartphones and tablets, it's possible to load on an art work cash money, in the form of digital currency. Like in crowdfunding, people that charge money it's not exclusive owner of the art work, but will have a place secure and nice where no one can steal. With cryptoart, the wedding between money and art it's finally celebrated, the painting is economy, and the money, even if virtual, are a part of the art work."
edit: added Sic
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GateHub wont verify me

I've decided to hop on the train of using online currency like Bitcoin and Ripple. I am currently trying to sign up for GateHub to trade and store XRP. However, it won't verify my phone number and is being extremely slow for some reason. I've heard people mention Kraken as what they use. Is this a good website to use to buy XRP or are there others?
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Dogecoin on Ria (Italian TV)

Hi. This is a documentary on Rai (Italy's national public broadcasting company, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance) covering money and art. Has a nice long close-up of DOGE :)
Coverage starts at 48:00
I haven't had it professionally translated, but here is what someone gave me from another thread. SIC
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Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have a long-term future? - Tech News - The Star Online

Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have a long-term future? - Tech News - The Star Online submitted by ulros to fbitcoin [link] [comments]

This is why a single global currency (like bitcoin) won't happen, says online payments company CEO - CNBC

This is why a single global currency (like bitcoin) won't happen, says online payments company CEO - CNBC submitted by ulros to fbitcoin [link] [comments]

Hackers Congress in Prague celebrates digital freedom and decentralization

This is an automatic summary, original reduced by 46%.
Cryptography enables a wide array of digital freedom, from decentralized online currency like Bitcoin to enhanced privacy in communication and collaborative technology.
Paralelní Polis, an Atlas Network partner based in the Czech Republic, is dedicated to using digital tools to build parallel social, economic, and political structures that are independent from the central authority of governments.
Its annual flagship event, Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis, is a premier gathering for freedom activists, tech-lovers, and crypto-enthusiasts from all over the world to celebrate digital freedom and decentralization.
It will be held for the third year in a row from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in Prague, and is expected to double the attendance of last year's Hackers Congress with about 500 participants.
The Hackers Congress will feature more than 40 speakers, who represent the freedom movement, cryptoanarchy, tech entrepreneurs, the sharing economy, cryptocurrencies, academia, journalism, political art, hacking, and much more.
The congress will also feature panel discussions, workshops, social events and other programs in collaboration with the event's partners.
Summary Source | FAQ | Theory | Feedback | Top five keywords: freedom#1 Congress#2 Polis#3 Paraleln#4 Hackers#5
Post found in /Bitcoin, /technology and /BitcoinAll.
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ELI5: How do Cryptocurrency Charities (particularly those funded by dogecoin) Work?

I am very very new to the world of cryptocurrency. I have a general grasp on how online currencies like bitcoin, litecoin, and dogecoin work, but I've never actually bought anything with them or exchanged them for any Fiat currency. I just want to know how Doge4Water and the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team take their donations from the virtual world to the physical one and use them as actual money.
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Luxor Hotel and Casino, the newest recipient of a Bitcoin ATM along with other alternative cryptocurrencies like Litecoin and Dogecoin. Services include online wallet reloads, bill payment services, and subscription services in exchange for currencies

Luxor Hotel and Casino, the newest recipient of a Bitcoin ATM along with other alternative cryptocurrencies like Litecoin and Dogecoin. Services include online wallet reloads, bill payment services, and subscription services in exchange for currencies submitted by cassandrahughes to litecoin [link] [comments]

Bitcoin exchange looks like a stock or currency online exchange

There are limit orders, bid ask prices, volume, supply and demand curves, clearing prices, etc.
You have accounts and units of purported value.
But how do you know you are buying something of value when it's the government who defines what "property" means? Why do Bitcoin people claim banks steal from you or inflation is bad? Inflation benefits debtors and hurts creditors. Bitcoin is less safe than USD deposited at Chase bank.
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Asking your family to invest in an online currency for you, such as bitcoin as your Christmas present is like having your family buy you whatever drug you want as your present.

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Is Bitcoin about to change the world? - If you want to buy drugs or guns anonymously online, virtual currency Bitcoin is better than hard cash. Canny speculators have been hoarding it like digital gold.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Texas man and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, a virtual currency traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies like the U.S. dollar or used to purchase goods or services online.

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BitCoin...LiteCoin... the barrier to entry for a new currency is low, what will make any one actually reliable, worth using as a "reserve" online currency, dampening volatility? (X-post from bitcoin because they don't like posts about other currencies) (it's my cakeday, humor me...)

At the moment, beyond the speculative bet/keynesian pageantry on the parabolic rise in exchange rate, is there any reason to have a significant position in the currency? How is it any more than a pass-through short-term store of value for transactions with less government oversight? Are there any good articles on the theoretical underpinnings or expectations for the currency 6/12/24 months from now?
Can't any merchant organization or any large retailer for that matter just decide to take any coin arbitrarily, even a self-started one? If starbucks decides to start taking a certain coin like it recently did for square payments, that coin automatically gets a huge value. Same for amazon, ebay, google, walmart... the list goes on. Payment services like paypal, square, or mastercard and visa for that matter, have a incentive to start coins themselves with the amount of infrastructure they already have in place.
What is the moat that an established coin like BitCoin would have?
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It's beginning to feel a lot like 2017. Some useful reminders and advice for new comers.

Hype and increasing prices will undoubtedly attract new investors, HODLers, and gamblers. Regardless of how long you've been in crypto, below are a few pieces of information (or reminders) you should consider.
  1. We're still early. Cryptocurrency, including bitcoin, is still in its infancy. Because of this, we will continue to see headlines of hacks, exchange closures, big name investors coming into the space, major institutional adoption, and everything in between. Until crypto is regulated (for better or worse) and even after, there will be bad actors attempting to steal your cryptocurrencies. To that end, think twice when hearing about 'deals' or investments that seem too good to be true. They probably are.
  2. Protection. I often see questions regarding the storage of cryptocurrencies. Not to oversimplify, but as a user, you have ~3 choices to store your cryptocurrency. In order of most secure to least secure:
    1. Cold Storage - From wikipedia: Cold storage refers to storing Bitcoins/Cryptos offline and spending without the private keys controlling them ever being online. This resists theft by hackers and malware, and is often a necessary security precaution especially dealing with large amounts of Bitcoin. If you aren't comfortable manually storing your private key, physical hardware wallets are your best alternative. When possible, buy direct from the manufacturer to avoid any tampering to your new device.
      1. https://trezor.io/
      2. https://www.ledger.com/
    2. Hot Wallets - From investopedia: The difference between a hot wallet and a cold wallet is that hot wallets are connected to the internet, while cold wallets are not. Hot wallets can be installed onto your mobile device and/or your web browser. Similar to cold storage, these hot wallets will 'store' your crypto and will be accessed to send/receive tokens, execute smart contracts, and conduct other transactions. There are many options to choose from, but MetaMask is as close to an industry standard as it comes, and the developer has recently implemented an ERC-20 token swap function. Again, download directly from the developer if you can.
      1. https://metamask.io/
    3. Exchanges - Exchanges certainly have their own purpose, most notably as an on and off ramp for your fiat currency (e.g., US Dollar, etc). However, when you read headlines like "Bitcoin Hacked for 10 million dollars!" what they usually mean is, a centralized exchange that holds users' cryptocurrencies was hacked and bitcoin was extracted from the exchange's storage. For this reason, exchanges are considered to be less safe than your Hot Wallet and Cold storage alternatives.
  3. Don't be greedy. This is easier said than done, and many veteran traders have learned this the hard way -- some still haven't learned. When prices are only going up, you're going to feel like a million bucks. But things dont go up forever. Ever. (Unless it's the Fed's balance sheet.. har har). Point being, it's okay to take profits along the way up. I guarantee you'll have an opportunity to re-buy those same tokens at a cheaper price, and you'll enjoy them even more the second time around.
  4. Don't spend more than you can afford. Hopefully this goes without saying, but the crypto space is extremely volatile. It is not uncommon to lose your entire investment with just one wrong token/ICO/scam. To that end; just use your common sense. It sounds easy, but when you're making money, sometimes it's hard to see the cliff at the end of the road.
  5. Keep learning. I joined the crypto space because I saw an opportunity to make money. It's been a wild ride, and I've learned a lot more than I've gained (from a monetary perspective). What i didn't expect to happen, was to open pandora's box when it comes to what Bitcoin (specifically) aimed to solve. My thirst for knowledge only expanded when I learned of the opportunity space Ethereum was trying to fill. Compound that with the immutability of blockchain technology, DeFi, smart contracts, data oracles, (and the list goes on); now I'm completely hooked. It's clear to me that blockchain will revolutionize the way we function on the global scale. But many are just now beginning to learn about bBitcoin, and we're ahead of the curve. Which leads me back to point number 1; we're still early.
Sorry for rambling on here; I'm sure more veteran HODLers have already X'd out of this post, which is fine. They likely don't need this information as they have learned these same tips along their own journeys. But for newcomers to the space, I wish I had this foundational knowledge from the get go. Don't be afraid to ask questions on this sub. With the recent implementation of MOON tokens (this is a whole 'nother topic), I've personally noticed more downvotes than normal. But awareness and understanding is critical to adoption, so don't be turned off if you don't get an answer to your questions immediately. There is a wealth of knowledge scattered across the internet, and still a lot of smart people on reddit who are willing to help.
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Hi guys, wanted to updated last week numbers.
Here are more stats https://www.usefultulips.org/combined_VES_Page.html
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Instead of complaining about how moons ruined the sub, let's come together and make changes!!!

Like many of you, I have noticed the steady decline in post quality since MOONs became valuable. The old reposts, photoshopped or reposted artwork, the same meme templates, twitter spam, the same news articles being posted a dozen times, Bitcoin ATM pictures.. the list goes on.
But it doesn't have to be this way. As a community we are able to come together and use our MOONs to vote on changes to how distribution is handled or changes to the subs rules to limit certain types of content.
All the previous proposals have not passed because we did not have enough people with moon holdings who voted. We only had 345 people vote on it. This is less then 10% of the users who are online right now on cryptocurrency and 0.03% of the total subscribers. We need more people to participate in the community polls if we are ever going to make changes. We Need You more then ever to take part in MOON governance.
Just yesterday the Mods posted Community Proposals and Voting Guidelines. I'm sure if we all get together and come up with some positive ideas we can help limit the low quality content. If you have an idea, please submit a proposal to the moderators, so it can be put to voting.
Even simple things like restricting certain content to certain days may help, like Media Mondays etc. Any ideas that do not make changes to distribution will be much more likely to pass because the quorum is only 10% compared to 20% for a distribution change. If anyone has some good ideas please share them or submit a proposal, we can make a difference if we all put in the effort to make change.
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Raoul Pal and Michael Saylor's Bitcoin vs Ethereum analysis is deeply flawed, and here is why.

Regarding the Bitcoin vs Ethereum narrative
Allocating capital in Bitcoin but not in Ethereum is a bet that the planned road-map for Ethereum will not be successfully implemented and/or its economic properties will not function as designed once the final phase of ETH 2.0 goes live. The combination of PoS, sharding and EIP-1559 will allow for a monetary policy that can sustain the system with zero, possibly negative, issuance. Detailed explanations of how this is possible has been documented through numerous interviews and blogs with developers and pundits. We also must take into consideration that even if the issuance is above zero, the returns from staking Ether must be accounted to compare the long-term holding value proposition against something like Bitcoin. If the staking rewards provide ~3% annual returns and issuance is ~2% then the equivalent issuance for a PoW protocol would be ~-1% (this will never happen in the Bitcoin protocol).
Addressing the claim that Ether is not money
The narrative that Ether is not money because the Ethereum protocol is not designed to exclusively function as money is akin to saying that the Internet is not a good emailing system because it is not exclusively designed to transmit emails. This type of narrative is trying to restrict the definition of money by suggesting that its underlying protocol should not have functionality that extends beyond the conventional way we think of it. The reality is that Ethereum is much better suited for a digital economy - Ether is its native monetary asset. The ability to issue other forms of digital assets and execute computer logic in a trustless unified system with a natively defined monetary asset encompasses all the fundamental building blocks of a future digital economy. This is a future where monetary, financial and information systems can take advantage of the inclusiveness, permissionless and trustless aspects that are central to the Bitcoin value proposition.
The Ethereum protocol is designed to do a lot of wonderful things, but it costs money to operate the network and that cost must be covered by something of value that can be easily liquidated or exchanged into other things of value.... otherwise known as money. The idea that Ether is more akin to oil than gold/money just because the price metric for computations is called "gas" falls apart under scrutiny. Ether is strictly used as a monetary incentive. It is not magically burned to propel a fictitious machine that runs the network... the computers that run the Ethereum network run under the same physical principles from the ones of Bitcoin - they consume energy and someone has to pay for it. It just so happens that the monetary rewards and cost of transactions operating the Ethereum network are done exclusively in Ether, and therefore it serves as a monetary base. In addition, Ether has been used as the monetary base for the acquisition of other digital assets during their ICO phase. Lastly, Paypal has revealed they will be including Ether as a means of payment for online merchants. Saying that Ether is not money is like saying the sky isn't blue.
Additional thoughts
  1. The combination of staking, EIP-1559 and sharding will allow ETH to reduce issuance ahead of Bitcoin's schedule. It is very likely going to allow for sustainable zero issuance which is something that is still up in the air for Bitcoin.
  2. The switch from PoW to PoS will dramatically reduce the operational cost of the network while incentivizing ownership of Ether. The reduction in operational cost is a huge factor contributing to a sustainable monetary policy.
  3. The true soundness of Ether as a store of wealth needs to account for the returns from staking. That means that even if the nominal issuance remained higher than Bitcoin, it could still a better investment when you account for the staking returns.
  4. Ethereum can operate as an entire financial system. It allows for issuance of new tokens and it can operate autonomously as a digital assets exchange... so that means that it can be an exchange for tokenized FIAT currencies, cryptocurrencies, tokenized securities and commodities. Think of a global market for stocks, commodities, future contracts and derivatives.
  5. The integration with digital assets is done natively in one network. Ethereum serves as a native monetary asset with sound properties. Tokenized bitcoins would not only significantly reduce security (value would be lost if EITHER network is compromised) it also makes little sense if Ethereum's soundness (staking - issuance) is superior to Bitcoin.
  6. There are a gazillion more use cases for Ethereum that would benefit from having a natively defined monetary asset.
  7. Ultimately Bitcoin might serve as digital gold as a hedge against Ethereum. So they can coexist, but they are still competing with each other in terms of building value. Every investor who is getting into cryptocurrencies should be asking what assets to buy and why. Money allocated to Bitcoin cannot be allocated to Ethereum and vice-versa.
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XMR Atomic Swaps Now Support PART | Anonymous Decentralized Marketplace Integration Coming Soon

Hey guys,
Cryptoguard from Particl here. We're happy to announce that we've recently added PART atomic swap support to the xmr-btc-atomic-swap protocol on mainnet and have pushed the protocol on Particl's Github.
The ability to atomically swap XMR <> PART opens up a lot of doors for the advancement of anonymous eCommerce solutions and solidifies the sustainability and resiliency of decentralized marketplaces, a strong win for all proponents of free market, personal freedom, and self-determination.
We've built a completely decentralized, trustless, and unstoppable marketplace where you can buy and sell anything online without using any third-party, without paying any fee (other than regular crypto transactions), and without leaving any sort of digital footprint behind. The entire marketplace experience, just like its transactions/sales, is private by default thanks to a combination of CT, RingCT, stealth addresses, Tor, SecureMessaging/BitMessage, and etc. The marketplace has been on mainnet for a year now, as an open Beta, and we're about to push our biggest update since launch—a brand new desktop application as well as a completely refactored marketplace. This will dramatically improve the user experience and the performance, making the private decentralized marketplace as user-friendly as it's ever been.
We now plan on adding native XMR <> PART swap support into the desktop client and marketplace application, allowing anyone holding XMR to easily buy and sell anything on a decentralized marketplace that respects your privacy. It also ensures that you can now get in and out of Particl's ecosystem without having to go through any third-party such as an exchange or payment processor.
XMR <> PART support will add a tremendous level of privacy to the marketplace and expand on what's possible to do now with Monero.
Here's a mockup of what an XMR <> PART swap engine may look like in Particl Desktop's Swap module (independent module from the marketplace).
WIP, not a screenshot but a mock up, final look may differ
Additionally, we're equally happy to announce that we will be adding XMR <> PART support to the marketplace and Particl Desktop application as soon as Particl V3, the upcoming massive release, is out on mainnet. The integration will use both StealthEX and SimpleSwap exchanges to provide you with an easy way to swap coins before atomic swaps are pushed to the client, once ready.
We'd like to thank everyone involved in the development of the XMR <> BTC swap protocol that made this possible, especially h4sh3d for cracking the code on how to execute an XMR <> BTC atomic swap and the Monero community for funding the research.
The ability to swap XMR and BTC together is probably one of the biggest wins in crypto since the last few years, and we're super excited to see all that's going to be possible from now on. Let's keep pushing crypto forward and make it as private as it should!
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Proposal: The Sia Foundation

Vision Statement




Organizational Structure






Maintain and enhance core Sia software


Support community services


Ensure easy acquisition and storage of siacoins


Protect the ecosystem


Drive adoption of Sia


Fund Management

Addendum: Hardfork Timeline
Addendum: Inflation specifics


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