do you think GPUs being used for mining crypto is still giving them a boost?

I've seen some emerging coins that use non-GPU mining systems but nothing that would affect current application too dramatically, if it's impact on sales isn't negligable

but I do recall a pretty big spike in demand and price not too far back

I see

i just bought in, might not hold but expecting another spike at lesat

chart looks pretty good atm

did anyone get in on ZCL last week?

it still may have some legs and is going to award a coin called btc private to holders supposedly on 1/8. Potential dump at that time though, I'd be careful.

I have a very small position, most of the gains were already had but could see some more. Will prob sell just prior to fork after what happened with XVG. NEO looking good, XRP will probably keep pumping too.

yep

btw its been going down :[

stablizing though

@ThisIsChris If you have BTC I wouldn't be terribly concerned if it went down. While there is some inverse correlation, I haven't noticed it to be terribly strict. BTC is becoming a medium of exchange for not only BCH but the vast number of altcoins available on the market. If you have only explored coinbase and GDAX you may want to check out Bittrex or Binance to familiarize with altcoins, if you haven't already. At this stage in the game, that's where the biggest profits are. :]

This may be a crazy prediction, but given the buzz of NEO heading into 2018 NEO GAS may be a second chance at the gains NEO has seen. I doubt it will go as high as this guy predicts but thought I'd share. Obviously do your own research and trade at your own risk. https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@haejin/gas-is-ready-to-power-a-233-profit-target-0-008724-btc

yea that spike

was thinking more of a long term play, but whatever! Currently waiting for it to correct and rebuy. Also NEO is at a good buy price right now.

is that non-whey?

right, whey a little rough on the stomache was gonna give it a shot

"risk of testicular cancer" is enough for me to pay a bit extra

I'll definitely give it a shot, been looking for an alternative

that was a lot of volume, can't ever say for sure

50% is typical

that's manageable

it's the best investment!

besides mcdonalds

oof

no not for long anyways, I'm going in opposite direction, put on 20 lb since starting back up at gym, 150 to 170

really fast too, noob gains

has to be largely muscle

will slow down now probably

I was surprised

*steps on scale* damn!

two months maybe

lol

that's why I dont want to stop shakes ha

don't count :/

yep, need some app or something I guess

or a really good chart

apple

probably, sounds easy enough

oh yea, nice here it is

thx

not sure I'm organized enough to document everything but I'll work towards it... I tend to do better with shooting from the hip

I'll give it a shot, good habit to form

lol length and everything

ill keep my ruler handy

😂

nice, okay I'll start tomorrow why the hell not

easy to over estimate without tracking, in many things

finance too obviously

most likely

it's this stuff "six star" pretty standard I think, just grabbed at walgreens

actually the whole label ripped off when I opened it so that's all I can tell you lol

it's almost gone

yea, don't put it near the laundry detergent

yea that might help, I'll use a generic one and then buy the vegi

FOMO kicked in (Fear of Missing Out) rebought ha. That post I linked however was saying the big gains will come around febuary

good scalping on BTC lately tbh

but have noticed that alt-coin surges usually follow BTC surge post correction

jumping back and forth depending on state of BTC can be a good strat. I'm currently in 4 altcoins some safer than others as I hone some programming skills.

I wrote a scalping program in python to interact with the GDAX API for extra quick entry and exits, working through the APIs can not only give access to things like stop-loss protection which may be unavailable on the exchanges (on bittrex and binance for instance,) but an edge on entry/exit priority. GDAX for instance seems to prioritize market orders executed through the API over ones done through the site interface. DM me if interested. It requires IDLE or some python3 interpreter and the installation of some python packages through cmd or terminal, works on mac, linux, or windows.

I was able to double up scalping the BCH release that way.

You can use a debit or credit card to convert USD to BTC, for BTC to USD I believe you need to connect to a bank account

I see a "Bank Wire" option as well, but have not done that personally.

https://www.weusecoins.com/en/find-the-best-bitcoin-wallet/ from this article, "Electrum" may be your best option for an offline "desktop" wallet

https://electrum.org/#home

I'd recommend using a VPN to anyone trading cryptos. I use this one https://nordvpn.com/

@Volkmom if the bank you have isn't working with coinbase, while it's an annoying extra step, you might consider opening an account with a more mainstream bank for that sole purpose.

ah, that sucks. the fees can be steep, can't believe it's that bad

what I'd recommend is converting to BTC and then LTC before sending to coinbase, where you can sell it for USD and cash out

I'd also check out binance as an exchange, they have pretty low fees, not sure if more or less than poloniex

yea, much cheaper on binance it seems

.01%

I recommend converting to LTC as the transaction fees are cheaper. To clarify, there are exchange fees and transaction fees, recommending LTC for lower transaction fees and Binance for lower exchange fees. (nevermind I mentioned GDAX, deleted that part, extraneous info.)

I see, that should do the trick

that's too bad about the fee fiasco :[

sounds like you are getting the hang of it though, hopefully smooth sailing from here

I lost a chunk messing with some weird wallets when I started

Good to hear, lmk if any other questions

It may be, but ZH is a pretty doomsayer-y site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ac7ap_MAY This shows some striking examples of how bubbles can be artificially created and deliberately popped, while also alluding to benefits of economic fascism or at least "productive lending."

BTC has been a little funky since futures were introduced, as they've used paper gold to control physical gold for a long time it wasn't the greatest news. The hope is that some new crypto will keep popping up to act as a release valve for manipulation. And when Dimon says "government" he means Jews.

The only issue I see with not naming them, is that when we attack their mechanisms of oppression, they retain credibility to counter those attacks perpetually; which we've seen over and over again. It's a tough strategic question that I'm still on the fence about. I think the merit of naming them, while it's a much steeper uphill battle, is being able to discredit their defense of these mechanisms.

Not to mention the labyrinthine political understanding required to surgically attack these mechanisms may be beyond the average citizen, rather than giving them a single, simplified focal point of an enemy.

It's a bitch of a catch 22

To keep trudging forward in both directions as we basically have been seems to be the only answer. I do see progress.

*moment of silence*

thinking of moving some profits into mining

have you heard of BURST?

https://www.burst-coin.org/proof-of-capacity

I need to learn more about all the tech, just starting a data structures course which I'll follow with a cryptography and then cryptocurrency course

hasn't stopped me from speculating though, why do you say "if it doesnt constantly overwrite bits on free space then it could be really good." if you don't mind briefly explaining?

nice

any particular reason why Monero for mining? Besides it being a good coin?

it's a solid one for sure

https://www.coinbase.com/ and I'm hearing more about https://gemini.com/ might be cheaper than coinbase

I know nothing of Gemini tbh, checking it out

Yes, coinbase also owns the site GDAX.com which is an exchange with charts and more intracate ways to buy/sell

for altcoins there are a variety of popular exchanges, some I can think of are www.bittrex.com www.binance.com www.gate.io www.huobi.pro www.poloniex.com www.bitfinex.com