Even as dogerain closes down, mainly dues to the new cost of transactions, the generation of Dogeilionares are resistant and the memes keep flowing. In the new cryptoland even Doge may need segwit. Go the random resistance!
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Friday 26 May 2017
Altcoins are Making Kids Rich
Even as dogerain closes down, mainly dues to the new cost of transactions, the generation of Dogeilionares are resistant and the memes keep flowing. In the new cryptoland even Doge may need segwit. Go the random resistance!
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Wednesday 24 May 2017
The Price is UP Big Time but Where is the Volume?
The Price of bitcoin and a whole raft of crypto currencies are up a lot lately. It seems like everyone wants a slice of cryptographic pie, people are talking about it, but when we look at the charts it looks like less people are buying now than in 2013.
Bitstamp
OK Coin and Chinese volume seems to have completely dropped off months ago and haven't picked up. In part because of removal of bitcoin with drawals and leverage.
People say that a lot of new volume is on in Korea and . With their top exchanges bithumb and Bitflyer respectively. They stand rank currently at number 2 and three of exchanges world wide.
Overall we can see that the total USD volume has gone up some. 300million, that's a worldwide figure) but not nearly as much as you might expect. Coinhills is a good site to check exchange volumes.
Polinex as number 1 ranked exchange, seems to be dominating the market. It offers a large variety of Altcoins. Given that fiat volumes are not that high, could this altcoin trading be helping to fuel the boom. Altcoin prices are going up faster than bitcoin in many places but are very volatile. So people need to get in and out of altcoins and when they do that the go through bitcoin because it's like the USD of the cryptocurrency world.
My prediction made here and here again are coming true, but a lot more that I didn't expect could be taking shape.
Bitstamp
OK Coin and Chinese volume seems to have completely dropped off months ago and haven't picked up. In part because of removal of bitcoin with drawals and leverage.
People say that a lot of new volume is on in Korea and . With their top exchanges bithumb and Bitflyer respectively. They stand rank currently at number 2 and three of exchanges world wide.
Overall we can see that the total USD volume has gone up some. 300million, that's a worldwide figure) but not nearly as much as you might expect. Coinhills is a good site to check exchange volumes.
Polinex as number 1 ranked exchange, seems to be dominating the market. It offers a large variety of Altcoins. Given that fiat volumes are not that high, could this altcoin trading be helping to fuel the boom. Altcoin prices are going up faster than bitcoin in many places but are very volatile. So people need to get in and out of altcoins and when they do that the go through bitcoin because it's like the USD of the cryptocurrency world.
My prediction made here and here again are coming true, but a lot more that I didn't expect could be taking shape.
Friday 19 May 2017
What to do this Weekend?
The price of bitcoin is going crazy. It feels like 2013 again. In the past weekends have been pretty pivotal. This one is going to count.
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Intellectual Centralisation
I'm starting to get the feeling that in the future wizards type characters of our fantasy novels may actually come to be. Sorcerers of code and finance, shamans which future minions will come to to fix tablets and robots, for life advise and for mystical financial support.
With the lightning network We are adding layer to bitcoin, something that most people already struggled to understand. I didn't make it through the lightning networks white paper, The bitcoin white paper in comparison could be read to a four year old as a bed time story. For me the lightning network might have to remain in the magical category. That is like the mysterious inner workings current global financial system or how the hell i swipe the eftpos card and then the shop owners lets me take stuff. Where before bitcoin was fully explainable I think the lighting network will remain in the to hard basket "Don't worry it just works".
We don't want bitcoin and crypto currency as a whole to be come to become to complex, because in a way that would make it like the financial system it is built to replace. The progression of programing and the growth of the market is a natural force of intellectual centralisation. Though necessary, the mechanics of this kind of programing are beyond the general public. We need to actively resist complexity and the lack of education or it intellectual centralisation will inevitably happen.
Some bitcoiners love to show off their knowledge when discussing and explaining bitcoin, but this excludes some people from really participating. This defeats the dencetralised ideals on which bitcoin is supposed to be founded. Many new buyers of bitcoin are completely unaware of how it really works. Others feel that its not worth trying to understand. The concept of transaction fees rising, in itself can be confusing. That's not to mention quantum physics, string theory, micro processors, AI, interstellar travel and the big ban that us nerd talk about at bitcoin meetups. We don't want people to feel excluded from a global revolution because they think that they are not smart enough.
Old bitcoiners dream about the Higgs Boson and Astronomy whilst they HODL their millions, but many new enthusiasts don't have a clue. I'm not sure we want to impose nerd culture on the general public we need to ease them into a full enlightenment.And without coming across cultish, its a fine line. I'm a fan of keeping bitcoin as simple as possible and not blowing nubies minds when we explain to them "how bitcoin works", the price lately is enough to do that.
With the lightning network We are adding layer to bitcoin, something that most people already struggled to understand. I didn't make it through the lightning networks white paper, The bitcoin white paper in comparison could be read to a four year old as a bed time story. For me the lightning network might have to remain in the magical category. That is like the mysterious inner workings current global financial system or how the hell i swipe the eftpos card and then the shop owners lets me take stuff. Where before bitcoin was fully explainable I think the lighting network will remain in the to hard basket "Don't worry it just works".
We don't want bitcoin and crypto currency as a whole to be come to become to complex, because in a way that would make it like the financial system it is built to replace. The progression of programing and the growth of the market is a natural force of intellectual centralisation. Though necessary, the mechanics of this kind of programing are beyond the general public. We need to actively resist complexity and the lack of education or it intellectual centralisation will inevitably happen.
Some bitcoiners love to show off their knowledge when discussing and explaining bitcoin, but this excludes some people from really participating. This defeats the dencetralised ideals on which bitcoin is supposed to be founded. Many new buyers of bitcoin are completely unaware of how it really works. Others feel that its not worth trying to understand. The concept of transaction fees rising, in itself can be confusing. That's not to mention quantum physics, string theory, micro processors, AI, interstellar travel and the big ban that us nerd talk about at bitcoin meetups. We don't want people to feel excluded from a global revolution because they think that they are not smart enough.
Old bitcoiners dream about the Higgs Boson and Astronomy whilst they HODL their millions, but many new enthusiasts don't have a clue. I'm not sure we want to impose nerd culture on the general public we need to ease them into a full enlightenment.And without coming across cultish, its a fine line. I'm a fan of keeping bitcoin as simple as possible and not blowing nubies minds when we explain to them "how bitcoin works", the price lately is enough to do that.
Thursday 18 May 2017
The Power of the Node
The decentralised power of the bitcoin node has proved itself over the last 6 months. But as many of us have turned off our full nodes the reality is that power struggle between miners and users and centralisation continues. It may never end. But then there is UASF. I also find "Emergent Consensus" by the BU guys a little bit scary. The key to this is to get involved.
Bitseed, however are offering a nice quite solution.you just plug it in to your modem, now you have a seed, enough to save the network through an EMP mega storm. I feel safe knowing these are being sent all over the world.
https://bitseed.org/product/core/
10 watts!
Bitseed, however are offering a nice quite solution.you just plug it in to your modem, now you have a seed, enough to save the network through an EMP mega storm. I feel safe knowing these are being sent all over the world.
https://bitseed.org/product/core/
Sunday 7 May 2017
One Moon Rocket or Multiple Coin Space Exploration?
Some feel now that bitcoin is already at the moon. Alternative crypto currencies have been gaining on this feeling. The metaphor might need to be drawn out into general space exploration. There is a lot happening at once. Where altcoins where once obscure they are now becoming well known. Overall maker cap of crypto currencies is over $40 billion USD.
Litecoin is at $29
Etherium is at $93
Dash is at $102
Monero is at $30
Zcash is at $104
Doge is at a tenth of a cent $0.001! That makes all us Dogeillionares, USD thousandares! Pretty good for a fun time coin.
We might have to get used to the idea of many space explorations. 10x is happening for some of the 100's of altcoins on the charts, 20% plus gains is common. Bitcoin is now testing $1600 USD. I get a feeling that someday we will be talking about a bitcoin mars landing.
Litecoin is at $29
Etherium is at $93
Dash is at $102
Monero is at $30
Zcash is at $104
Doge is at a tenth of a cent $0.001! That makes all us Dogeillionares, USD thousandares! Pretty good for a fun time coin.
We might have to get used to the idea of many space explorations. 10x is happening for some of the 100's of altcoins on the charts, 20% plus gains is common. Bitcoin is now testing $1600 USD. I get a feeling that someday we will be talking about a bitcoin mars landing.
Bitcoin Hovers Over $1500 USD
The total market cap has grown to over $26 billion USD with the price making rapid and consistent gains. The question is whether the existing infrastructure justifies this? This graphic represents bitcoins digital city.
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