It really is a mighty fine day today when I look at the ETH charts......even if it is raining outside my window at the moment.
That said, I think I am pretty comfortable with my balance between BTC and ETH (and just a tiny bit of XMR) at the moment.
The BTC dip is starting to pique my interest again......looking cheap now, but I am thinking that if the civil war doesn't end soon, we might see even lower dips (perhaps even a crash to......if I may be so greedy......USD300 even?)
I'm holding out for crazy bargain sales here!


Done!



This post has been edited by wengherng: Mar 25 2017, 03:24 PM

I transferred BTC from Remitano to Poloniex an hour ago. The transaction didn't even show up on blockchain info. Remitano told me that there are blockchain delays and asked me to wait....

Checked out the website. Not as friendly as Poloniex.

So sorry to hear that.

I'm using Poloniex and I'm getting more scare as I'm transferring more and more BTC there. However, I just got my hardware wallet and in the process of learning how to use it.

Yeah, everyday regret didn't buy more ETH. A bit too high for me at the moment but will buy some on the rise.

Still buying BTC but mainly to convert to altcoins. Will only accumulate more BTC if prices drop.

Anyway, just got my Trezor hardware wallet yesterday! Currently transferring bit by bit to ensure it is working well. So far so good! My only problem now is that I don't want to transfer too much from Poloniex as I want to lend out my coins! As before, lending is fun!!! Even BTC rates are quite good now.

Eh, haven't finish the last part yet leh. Will finish it later

This post has been edited by kmarc: Mar 25 2017, 04:28 PM

good advice from senior investor

Hey - did not know Goldfries was in here, I have you on my FB list.

Well Mt Gox was a big thing and even some of my banker friends lost money.
Hope you've recovered some incentives from Kraken.

You should have shown me this : https://ethereum.network/projects

I keep on scrolling and scrolling down... so many projects! Impressive!

I'm updating the 2nd post, need important links for ethereum. Please provide the links if you have them. Thx.

Also found this old news : http://www.inc.com/brian-d-evans/heres-why...-on-ethere.html

Never realized how well-accepted ETH is!

Going to take a bigger bite this afternoon.

Edit : Oh ya, I'm curious on what would happen if, in the unlikely event, ETH hits, say USD500 per coin. Wouldn't it make the network expensive? Or the higher the price the better it is?

This post has been edited by kmarc: Mar 26 2017, 12:34 PM

Looks like I am missing a big opportunity here. Don't even know where to start to get some and how safe it is as my knowledge on these is zero!

Hope still got time. Which I feel is fast running out...

Take a look at first post. Some info there.

I only entered cryptocurrencies 6 weeks ago and am already up by more than 200% overall. 200% in crypto-crazyland is nothing where people can gain 4-5 digit percentage points. The only thing is to do your own research and be prepared to lose the money if something happens. More info on the first page.

This post has been edited by kmarc: Mar 26 2017, 12:40 PM

Thanks so much... will try to fumble my way thru. Looks interesting and potentially rewarding
Just that the price is high. But will likely make small steps and see where it leads me

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This post has been edited by WooTz: Mar 26 2017, 02:40 PM

Cool! Updated!

Owh.... errmm.... don't understand the explanation in terms of why it is good for security and expensive for attacks. Anyway, as long as higher prices doesn't chase projects away from Ethereum, I'm ok with that.

The cool thing about POS, just like what Vlad Zamfir said, all attacker attempts would be like burning down their ASIC farm in POW, having to top up their ETH constantly because their deposit gets burned.

Plus, even if they managed to achieve 51%, we would just hard fork away and render them altcoins.

If gas price is $0.02 at $50 ETH, it'd still be adjusted to $0.02 at $500 ETH.

This post has been edited by WooTz: Mar 26 2017, 07:06 PM

Bitcoin supply runs out in Year 2140 - that's 123 years from now. Why is time running out?

So I browse through the forum and found this thread. Great to know that the community is interested in cryptocurrency.

I bought ETH last year and keep it until now only to see good return recently. Reading the thread I found that I can actually lend my coin out. So I am going to give it a try.

How is the return rate like? Is the return going to be in ETH as well?

I see. Good to know!

Gosh, buying ETH at USD 50 is hard. Of course, not as painful as 1 BTC but still, the money spent to see so few coins....

Luckily I still enjoy to see my half million coins of Doge, which is actually moving a bit!

Nice to hear that.

Yup, the returns will be in the form of the coin you lent out. The return rate varies for each coin and between different coin. This is because you compete for the best rate to lend out and how high the demand for the coin is. At the moment, ETH rate is very bad, around 0.003% per day. If somebody takes up the loan, the next higher rate will be available. Some coins get good rates for a short period when demand is good.

Just yesterday, somebody requested a huge amount of loan at a rate of 2% per day! for Doge coin. I tell you, it was bliss lending it out. However, most of the loan was returned after a few hours but I still have some running at 2%.

Here's some examples of the rates I'm lending out at this moment:

ETH - 0.0017-0.0029%
XRP - 0.0098%
Maid - 0.048%
Doge - 0.0299 - 2%
Dash - 0.049 %
Clam - 0.1 - 0.974%

Do note the rates is for 24 hours and the calculation starts the minute you loan it out until the guy cancels the loan. It can be the whole tenure (usually I set to 2 days) or it can be a few minutes only!

Anyway, you just have to go to the lending tab and check out the rates for each coin.

This post has been edited by kmarc: Mar 26 2017, 07:58 PM

I'd suggest pulling it out of the exchange instead.

lending it allows more shorts, diluting your overall value way beyond your tiny rates.

Want better price stability and growth, it's better to hodl.

Don't feed the whales.

I think we ikan bilis(es) have no impact on the shorts. Too small amount.

I just lent out my BTC for 0.2650%

Very helpful reply, cheers for that

ETH lending rate is so low, probably due to large supply and circulation around the market. 0.003% is like 1% p.a. if successfully lending out everyday. If that's the case I then really no point doing this?

So if the guy return in a few hours then the rate is 0.003%* hours/24?

Well as kmarc said I am small kaki, not holding a lot of ETH really

So you mean people borrow my ETH they can use to short sell?

0.2650% is a really good rate. congrats.

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This post has been edited by sirxl: Mar 27 2017, 07:46 AM