Sorry to hear that.
This serves as a grim reminder to all of us that this could happen to literally anyone of us, rookie or seasoned.
The defining security feature of blockchain technology (i.e. the immutability of the ledger) is ironically also its most dangerous feature.
We have to always be vigilant and triple check all addresses before sending any funds.

Personally, I'm absolutely paranoid about making such a mistake, and would even go so far as to stop any sending actions when I am tired or sleepy.

Sincerely hope you're able to get some sort of support from the development team, they're your best bet now.......otherwise, the outlook seems rather bleak.

We're all here to learn from each other.
We only ask that once you yourself are experienced and seasoned, that you will offer the same help and support to other beginners then.

Just my personal small suggestion, maybe you guys can opt to not have sharks' fin next time.
We should all do our bit to stop the consumption and sale of endangered species.

There are actually quite a number of articles about this:

https://www.luno.com/blog/en/post/spend-bitcoin-in-malaysia
https://99bitcoins.com/who-accepts-bitcoins...-take-bitcoins/
https://www.lifewire.com/big-sites-that-acc...ayments-3485965

As mentioned by others, you can either store it on Binance exchange or in your own NEON wallet, where you can claim your gas as often as you want.
But, realistically, though, I'd say that depends on how many tokens you have.
For example, if you have just a few NEO tokens, like 10 or less, then it might not be worth the trouble......but of course, that ultimately depends on you.

Pretty solid project with valid real-world use cases, and actual working partnerships with physical companies and institutions.
I think there is a lot of potential for this project in the long term, but by that, I mean at least one year, before you can see large scale impacts.
You can consider trying to aim for an X node at least (i.e. 6000 VET).
Good luck!

Are you sure that the strength node will also qualify for the X node at the same time?
I have a strength node now, not nearly enough for 16k yet though......but is there a definite advantage to having 2 X-nodes of 6k each, instead of just 1 strength node of 12k?

People, I know the recent market dip is discouraging and frustrating, and even downright terrifying to many here, myself included.

But, just to put things in perspective, exactly one year ago today, the total market cap of the entire cryptosphere was merely USD 24.8 billion.
Right now, one year later, even AFTER the massive 70% crash, it is still currently at USD 257 billion.

We are talking about a rise of nearly 1000% within one single year.

We'd be kidding ourselves if we seriously thought there wouldn't be some sort of serious correction and rationalisation somewhere along the way.

Putting aside my belief in the technology and massive ramifications of blockchain in our future, just purely talking about the money here, where else can we find any conventional investment vehicle that can even come close to this kind of gains?

Are you still going to "sell everything", give up on crypto, and then go back to your mutual funds, bonds, stocks, FD, forex, etc.?

As long as you invest responsibly, with a clear mind on what you are doing, and never invest more than you can afford to lose, then I strongly suggest you to just switch off your computer, stop trading, stop reading about all the negative news, stop checking coinmarketcap......chill out, spend time with your family, eat some good food, go for a vacation, take up a sport, go into crypto-hibernation mode and forget about crypto for a couple of months.
It's not the end of the world.

And most definitely not the end of crypto.

Good to hear that you are doing fine and taking the opportunity to average down your costs.
To be honest, after the incredible bull run of 2017, my portfolio had grown disproportionately heavy on crypto in comparison to my other conventional investments, so I had actually not put in any more fresh money since the 4th quarter of last year.......except for one time.
I did make one badly-timed decision in January this year after I received my bonus, and bought some more positions at near all-time-highs.
But overall, still healthily in the green, lucky me.

Now I am just trying to ride out the storm.
The night is always darkest before the dawn comes.

I'm a *reasonably* early investor in XVG so I'm sitting very comfortably in the green at the moment, but for those who are thinking of jumping in now, please be cautious.
XVG is very volatile, and prone to flash spikes and crashes, which can make it very lucrative for traders but also super risky.
I am generally positive on its long term outlook, but unfortunately they are also known for under-delivering so I wouldn't be totally surprised if there is a flash crash on 17th April after the announcement.
I actually watched the entire one-hour interview of Larry and Joe with the Verge lead developer, and honestly I do get a good feeling about it, but I am still going to cash out a portion of the profit nevertheless.


Genuine question here, why do you think it is delusional to expect performance that is similar to 2017?
Just because the price dropped from 19k to 6k over the last 3 months? Or do you have some other fundamental reason?

I've been in this space for some time, and one thing it's taught me is to never say never.

I honestly can't tell whether you are being sarcastic with your "sophisticated and professional reasoning" remark, so I'll leave it at that, but that's honestly the philosophy I carry with me. I have been around long enough to put aside my arrogance that I am omniscient enough to be dead sure about anything especially in the financial markets.

Note that I did not say I expect a repeat of the bull run of 2017, I just asked you why you thought it was delusional to think so.
But having said that, yes I do expect that the cryptosphere will triple its current market capitalisation within 2018.

Governments and financial institutions are suppressing crypto.....maybe yes, currently.
But at the same time, cryptocurrencies are getting more and more exposure to the masses (for good or bad), and adoption is getting more and more widespread in countries that have embraced it, like Japan. In fact, several countries have already announced that they are planning to launch their own government-backed and -issued digital currency, meaning they aren't *against* crypto, they are just against the ones that are currently available (and not controlled by them).

Yes, I fully agree with you that the futures market is really throwing a wrench in the works at the moment. But we are only in the first few months, hence I think we can forgive the volatility somewhat. Over time, I expect the volatility to subside into a more manageable level. There are many other vehicles with futures, like precious metals, oil, commodities, etc. that have been around for ages and do not see massive 70% swings when the futures expire.
OK maybe not exactly the best analogy, but I guess you catch my drift.

The big players are scary and can bully the little guys around, but only for so long. Trillions or not, I do not believe they can keep this suppression indefinitely.
In the age of horses and carriages, nobody could stop the advent of the automobile; similarly, nobody could stop the advent of the television, the telephone, email, the Internet, VoIP, and every other major technological breakthrough. It will not be any different with distributed ledger technology, and by extension, cryptocurrencies.

You may not agree with me, of course, and that's perfectly fine......that's what this forum is for.

Verge is going to officially announce their partnership with a "major household name company" that is supposed to be "one of the biggest this to happen in the cryptosphere" that will "potentially catapult XVG to the top ten or maybe even top five crypto by market cap".
Verge successfully completed their crowdfunding exercise and confirmed that the partnership is secured, but due to non-disclosure agreements, can only announce officially on the 17th.

I'm somewhat skeptical, obviously.
But I'm not complaining! 😊

Ah yes, you are right, you mentioned about bitcoin price and I did mention about the overall market cap.
Sorry about that.
Nevertheless, thinking about it again, I am still fairly optimistic that both of them will triple it's current state within this year.
Of course I could be totally wrong and the whole market might crash to the depths of hell and never see the light of day ever again. (I sincerely hope not)

You made some valid points there, though, which I do not disagree with.
Maybe I'm just naturally optimistic......or just naive.

Agreed, and I have both, but was actually thinking of loading up more on ONT, but then the sudden spike happened before I could do so......
Now I am in a dilemma......whether to go ahead and load up anyway (in the long run, if it goes up to USD 20 for example, then it wouldn't matter to me whether I bought in at USD 3.50 or USD 4.50), or wait for a correction which may or may not come.

This partnership between Verge and Mindgeek is pretty exciting, at least in my personal opinion.
Obviously, there are people who were (unrealistically) predicting Amazon, eBay, Paypal, etc. so for them, this is a massive letdown. Some folks (many of whom are holders of other privacy coins like Monero) are been condemning or making fun of this deal, saying that XVG will forever be known as the "porn" coin.
But I don't see it that way.
Like it or not, we have to admit that cryptocurrency adoption in the real world has been very slow, with very limited real life use cases. Most of us just use cryptocurrencies to......buy more other cryptocurrencies.

I think this is a good start for XVG, and cryptocurrencies in general, to get a foot in the door, and start to showcase to the world on the benefits and usability of cryptocurrencies in everyday life.
As with any other technology just starting out, it has to start SOMEWHERE, and the adoption will be slow, and there will be obstacles along the way. These things need time.

I do hold a fair amount of XVG, which I decided not to sell during the recent pump. In fact, I was surprised it didn't dump more than it did......it lost only 25% from before the announcement; I expected it to dive at least 50 - 75%.
Will be interesting to see where this coin ends up by the end of the year and throughout the next.

Well, there's that......and also we had agreed that it is rather pointless to update too frequently as the crypto market cap fluctuates too wildly.
So, we agreed to only update it after reaching a really psychologically important milestone, like when crypto crosses USD 1 trillion market cap, for example.

Well then, welcome to the club.
If you stick around as long as some of us ancients here, you'll see it happen often enough that you'll eventually numb yourself to it.
Don't worry about it though......it's still rather early days for cryptocurrencies, volatility is expected. You'll see your portfolio increase slowly.

Mjolnir X?
Really envy you guys who got in early.
I squeezed every bit of remaining resources I had, and could only afford a strength node.

True, but then again, in my personal opinion, whether it is finally declared a yes or no, I still think it is good for the cryptosphere in the long run.
The ambiguity is the real killer here......we need a clear and definitive answer.
Only then can the industry move forward.

Haha, yeah unfortunately I'm spread a bit too thin and I was not willing to sell of my other holdings to dump into VEN.

Yes, I do actually.
Of course, past performance is no indicator of future performance, but if the cryptosphere can go from USD 17 billion to USD 600 billion in one single year in 2017, I don't see too much difficulty in it going to USD 900 billion this year in 2018.
Obviously it is unreasonable to expect the same rate of growth every year; it has to plateau somewhere, but I still think USD 900 billion is very possible this year.

But then again, that's just my personal opinion, which carries absolutely zero weight in the grand scheme of things.

You may be absolutely right, of course.
I'm just a nobody.

But anyway, I did explain why I had this sentiment in my earlier replies to you and my sentiment hasn't changed.
Yes, it was new tech that was more widely exposed in 2017, and people were still basking in the novelty of crypto.
Yes, it led to governments getting involved, financial institutions imposing all sorts of restrictions, etc.

But, on the flip side, I also believe (again, this is just my own naive belief) that mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies will continue to expand globally, and the effects of billions of people starting to slowly adopt this technology will far outweigh the restrictions from governments and financial institutions.
When a new technology gains traction and achieves global critical mass, the effects can be unimaginable.

I may be wrong, but I hope I'm not.
All I'm saying is......never say never.