Looks like another 'Vomiting Camel' might be forming - single humped, obviously.
I maxed out 3 credit cards and bought loads of Bitcoins. I'll be a multi millionaire in the next few months.
See ya... Losers.
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
While i have not bought a cryptocurrency yet the way i am looking at it is seeing what services accept a type of currency.
Since my VPN provider accepts some crypto currencies I would pick one that it accepts.
Did anyone see the advert during the football last night that mentioned blockchain technology a number of times?
Yea, can't remember what it was, most likely something that'd be far more efficient using a normal database like 99.99% of other Blockchain solutions!
Theres certainly more marketing and media advertising now I notice around London this year.
Its a bit of fun that has the potential to be healthy and Ill admit I couldnt resist buying another few Eth this morning.
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My £5000 bitcoins are worth £1320 this morning . happy days . Ive given up checking the values any more , just a steady decline in value over the last few months
[QUOTE=relaxer7;4809482]I am but my portfolio is so dead at the minute I've stopped looking at it for now. I'd say I'm about 70% down from my ATH and honestly didn't think the bottom would be so far down... have we hit it yet though??[/QUOTE
No, not whilst you can still recoup some of your investment.
Sorry to hear that but imo the hype is over now.
Lot of chat on here just before last Christmas about huge gains and people were piling in on the back of these tales.
Now people are realising there is nothing there values have dropped like a stone.
Like most pyramid stuff it's great if you get in at the start and of course it is in the interest of early adopters to hype away to keep the golden ball rolling.
I think in years to come people will be amazed at the crypto fad and liken it to the South Sea bubble, tulip mania etc.
That's only my point of view though but one I have held from the start of the hype.
YMMV.
If you've been hanging on for the final sell signal, here it is. The Long Island Iced Tea company is re-branding once more and moving on to The Next Big Thing tm - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bever...loyalty-market
If you can't stand the heat, or if you invested more than you could afford to lose (you greedy opportunist, you), then you are probably blind to the fact that the (BTC) price is bouncing around double what it was this time last year. Historically, the price starts to pick up about now, and then gains momentum through to the end of they year. Of course, I might be wrong, but historically (check the charts) we tend to see repeat trading patterns. Maybe we should crow over those that have their savings in property; negative equity beckons for many with an increase in interest rates and a general slump in the market that is cutting short, or destroying any gains. Cyrpto investments made this time last year have way exceeed any gains that might have had in any property investment, anywhere in the UK. Brothel/crackhouse being possible exceptions.
Whilst its true, there may be less coverage in the MSM than 12 months ago, what was that coverage really for anyway? Hype, and not much actual info. Just enough to get Joe Public salivating and making credit card applications he could ill afford. But that was the point, wasn't it? to create anti-crypto feeling through bad, practical experience. Well done MSM, doing the banks/government bidding as per....So whilst you may not be hearing about it nnow, what you were hearing was of f'all intrinsic value.
Over the last 12 months huge amounts (100's of millions) have been invested in BTC, payment systems, trading platforms etc and it seems that any business worth its salt has invested in the underlying (blockchain) technology. But thats not as interesting as an opportunity for the MSM to scaremonger (bubble, dont lose your pension, money that you cant hold! etzzz).
Be smart. Don't beleive everything you read, inform yourself and make up your own mind.
I have retired on crypto, and I'm not a genius, by any stretch, and I don't have an axe to grind (I'm alright Jack) BUT I still maintain we are still on the cusp and crypto hasn't even got started yet. You reading this thread, you are ahead of the curve. As privacy, questionable banking ethics and politcal/governmental destabilisation become more prevalent in our day to day life, the more we will turn to crypto.
From there, its just a numbers game (Ba-Boom-Tsch!)
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^ 50 quid that bitcoin will be lower in a year than it's today?
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Siri reminder set for 12 months time. Game on :)
One caveat;
I will pay you in any currency you wish, to the value of GBP50 12 months from now, but I will only accept payment in Bitcoin.
Please don't see this as a 'wobble', I just think it adds to the mood of the bet, and the underlying principle behind it :)
I like this definition of crypto currencies:
Everything you dont understand about money combined with everything you dont understand about computers.
Would the bet not be more interesting if you were to pay 0.000875BTC if you lose!
As right now thats worth £50 but that bet gets very interesting from here on in!!
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Great bet
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Can people on here recommend a good faq or starters guide to buying bitcoin or ethereum?
A small few hundred pounds only.
Last time i looked it seemed that you needed to upload a scan of your passport (which is the point i balked at.) before buying.
Know Your Customer (KYC) will always require an upload of ID; p'port, drivers license etc. Unless you can find an exchange in a territory not beholden to money laundering regs.
The good news is that there are a number of exchanges due to come on-line that will make the whole buy/sell process a LOT easier.
And if you baulk at providing such personal details, its worth remembering that if you are a Tesco, Talk Talk, Sony Entertainment, Visa etc etc customer, your personal data has already been breached and is already available on a number of dark web sites.......
And a good place to get some FAQ type answers is probably this thread, if you can bear trawling through the whiole thing for the invaluable nuggets buried along the way......
Thanks for the info.
Looks like i will have to get over my reluctance then.
since that 'bet' was made a few posts up, the market seems to have taken an ominous turn! any obvious reasons why?
Not sure it's all down to that. But some very interesting details in the applications. One (Van Eck) proposals is offering protection against hacking / theft of BTC and the initial investment has to be more than $200,000.
The other interesting development that bodes well long term for institutional money coming is is what Coinbase is doing with its custody service. Still early days but thus far the feedback has been positive.
The issue is the regulatory framework hasn't caught up to the crypto market and so for institutional investors they're essentially taking a punt and that won't fly. Having a custodian takes away some of those concerns short/medium term.
I almost put a lot of money into BTC but delays with coinbase and revoult and then I went on holiday and forgot about it all. Looking back I would have got in around Dec last year at £14k a coin, now they are worth £5k a coin!!! Lots of people must have got seriously burnt. The lucky ones who got in 1 year + ago and hopefully sold at the peak of £14k a coin must have made a fortune, it was around £2k a coin just over a year ago, £12k a coin profit must have been nice. Timing is everything.
I have a friend who has opened a company dealing with cryptos and he said he is up 1000% this year, but he trades daily with his and other people money and its his job. So money can be made but I think you need to do a lot of research and understand the platforms.
If you want a hassle free option for dabbling with, sign up to the mobile banking outfit Revolut. You do need to send ID to do anything useful with them, but they're fully legit / above board, regulated, etc. You can buy / sell crypto through them though you can't transfer it out or take it to any other exchange as you don't "own" the coins.. and rates aren't stellar. But it's a fairly safe place to play around with a bit of buying and selling at low volumes if that's what you want.
Also to reiterate once again - you don't own any crypto through Revolut - you own a token of equivalent value. It's hassle free sure but that's because it's not trading anything just tokens of equivalent values. If you want to play in the market it's easy enough but for long term investment Coinbase or Kraken are probably better.